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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 95,238 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nigel Hitchin is the 868th most popular mathematician (down from 799th in 2019), the 5,344th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,940th in 2019) and the 104th most popular British Mathematician.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Nigel Hitchin ranks 868 out of 823. Before him are James Waddell Alexander II, Javier Perez-Capdevila, William Spottiswoode, Bill Gosper, Daina Taimiņa, and Peter Scholze. After him are Christopher Zeeman, Mary Ellen Rudin, Peter Sarnak, Evelyn Boyd Granville, Artur Avila, and Keith Devlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Nigel Hitchin ranks 663. Before him are Naveen Patnaik, Emily de Jongh-Elhage, Richard O. Covey, Petra Burka, Kazuhiro Ninomiya, and John M. Lounge. After him are Julie Covington, Comunardo Niccolai, Julia Annas, Zeca, Richard Bauckham, and Aruna Roy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nigel Hitchin ranks 5,344 out of 7,765. Before him are Adrian Biddle (1952), David Oyelowo (1976), Sarita Choudhury (1966), Kelly Johnson (1958), Shaun Evans (1980), and Henry Green (1905). After him are Julie Covington (1946), Johnny Douglas (1882), Margaret Wycherly (1881), Simon Wells (1961), Emma Chambers (1964), and Jasper Fforde (1961).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Nigel Hitchin ranks 104. Before him are Simon Singh (1964), Neil Sloane (1939), Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), Timothy Gowers (1963), W. T. Tutte (1917), and William Spottiswoode (1825). After him are Keith Devlin (1947), Marcus du Sautoy (1965), Dusa McDuff (1945), Stuart Milner-Barry (1906), and Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912).

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