MATHEMATICIAN

Nigel Hitchin

1946 - Today

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Nigel James Hitchin FRS (born 2 August 1946) is a British mathematician working in the fields of differential geometry, gauge theory, algebraic geometry, and mathematical physics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nigel Hitchin has received more than 101,428 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Nigel Hitchin is the 959th most popular mathematician (down from 865th in 2019), the 5,959th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,332nd in 2019) and the 110th most popular British Mathematician.

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  • 39.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Nigel Hitchin ranks 959 out of 1,004. Before him are Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Peter Scholze, Marcus du Sautoy, Frank Adams, Fan Chung, and Peter Sarnak. After him are Dusa McDuff, Simon Singh, Béla Bollobás, Harald Helfgott, Krystyna Kuperberg, and Alicia Dickenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Nigel Hitchin ranks 779. Before him are Al Lowe, John Trudell, Mike Wilds, Ben Vereen, Aruna Roy, and Uli Vos. After him are Leo Rossi, Im Shung-hwi, Ian Porterfield, Mike Beebe, Allen Lanier, and Joe Kinnear.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nigel Hitchin ranks 5,959 out of 8,785. Before him are David Haye (1980), Saskia Reeves (1961), Roberta Cowell (1918), Dominic Sherwood (1990), Ben Hardy (1991), and Birdy (1996). After him are James Wordie (1889), Henry Watson Fowler (1858), DeObia Oparei (1971), Peter Robinson (1948), Douglas Henshall (1965), and Beatie Edney (1962).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Nigel Hitchin ranks 110. Before him are Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), Neil Sloane (1939), Timothy Gowers (1963), Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912), Marcus du Sautoy (1965), and Frank Adams (1930). After him are Dusa McDuff (1945), Simon Singh (1964), William Spottiswoode (1825), Philippa Fawcett (1868), Keith Devlin (1947), and Stuart Milner-Barry (1906).

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