MATHEMATICIAN

Max Newman

1897 - 1984

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Maxwell Herman Alexander Newman, FRS (7 February 1897 – 22 February 1984), generally known as Max Newman, was a British mathematician and codebreaker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Newman has received more than 247,814 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Max Newman is the 672nd most popular mathematician (down from 665th in 2019), the 3,141st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,311th in 2019) and the 66th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Max Newman ranks 672 out of 1,004. Before him are Pierre-Louis Lions, Johan Jensen, John Lennox, Theodosius of Bithynia, Tommaso Ceva, and Sofya Yanovskaya. After him are Ian Stewart, Karl Georg Christian von Staudt, John Cairncross, E. T. Whittaker, Henry Dudeney, and Vladimir Drinfeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Max Newman ranks 216. Before him are Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Conrad Nagel, Moe Howard, Johannes Winkler, Jimmie Rodgers, and Roman Vishniac. After him are Jacob Bjerknes, Choʻlpon, Neil Ritchie, Diego Abad de Santillán, Erik Malmberg, and Pixinguinha. Among people deceased in 1984, Max Newman ranks 162. Before him are Claude Chevalley, Luke Kelly, Kurt Martti Wallenius, Niyazi, Kenneth Arnold, and Wolfgang Staudte. After him are Yuri Vizbor, Pierre Emmanuel, Jakub Berman, Adalbert Steiner, Diana Dors, and Alexander Moyzes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Max Newman ranks 3,141 out of 8,785. Before him are Jamie Carragher (1978), Lady Arbella Stuart (1575), Robert Chambers (1802), Christopher Eccleston (1964), Martin Birch (1948), and John Steel (1941). After him are Graham Swift (1949), Alan Baddeley (1934), Oliver Sykes (1986), Ian Stewart (1945), Radclyffe Hall (1880), and Laura Muntz Lyall (1860).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Max Newman ranks 66. Before him are William Whiston (1667), John Pell (1611), Robert Simson (1687), David Gregory (1659), Thomas Digges (1546), and John Lennox (1943). After him are Ian Stewart (1945), John Cairncross (1913), E. T. Whittaker (1873), Henry Dudeney (1857), Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), and Lady Byron (1792).

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