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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 233,351 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Max Newman is the 668th most popular mathematician (up from 701st in 2019), the 3,319th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,643rd in 2019) and the 72nd most popular British Mathematician.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Max Newman ranks 668 out of 823. Before him are Ion Barbu, Leonard Eugene Dickson, Walter Rudin, D. R. Kaprekar, Mikhail Lavrentyev, and Sofya Yanovskaya. After him are Spiru Haret, Giuseppe Vitali, Lady Byron, Yuri Matiyasevich, Szolem Mandelbrojt, and Lev Schnirelmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Max Newman ranks 208. Before him are Rosa Ponselle, Isaías Medina Angarita, Roman Vishniac, Blind Willie Johnson, Miguel Fleta, and Ulises Poirier. After him are Pedro Vallana, Betty Compson, Jacob Bjerknes, Martti Marttelin, Aaro Pajari, and Antonio Campolo. Among people deceased in 1984, Max Newman ranks 159. Before him are Claude Chevalley, Estelle Winwood, Alexander Moyzes, Diana Dors, Pierre Emmanuel, and Yuri Vizbor. After him are Aldo Donati, Sven Jonasson, Emilio Rodríguez, Jean De Clercq, Bernard Lonergan, and Roger Blin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Max Newman ranks 3,319 out of 7,765. Before him are Guy Simonds (1903), Christopher Priest (1943), William Christie (1845), Claire Foy (1984), Jim Bellamy (1881), and Sheena Easton (1959). After him are Dora Boothby (1881), Vic Buckingham (1915), David Morrissey (1964), Edward William Lane (1801), Lance Macklin (1919), and Andy Bown (1946).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Max Newman ranks 72. Before him are Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), Thomas Digges (1546), James Ivory (1765), Robert Simson (1687), Paul Bernays (1888), and David Gregory (1659). After him are Lady Byron (1792), Peter Tait (1831), Annie S. D. Maunder (1868), William Whiston (1667), William Shanks (1812), and Charles Howard Hinton (1853).

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