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MATHEMATICIAN

Oswald Veblen

1880 - 1960

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Oswald Veblen (June 24, 1880 – August 10, 1960) was an American mathematician, geometer and topologist, whose work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oswald Veblen has received more than 179,838 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Oswald Veblen is the 617th most popular mathematician (down from 589th in 2019), the 5,487th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,063rd in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Oswald Veblen ranks 617 out of 823. Before him are Endre Szemerédi, Al-Nayrizi, Thomas Digges, David Ruelle, Polyaenus of Lampsacus, and Đuro Kurepa. After him are Federico Commandino, Arthur Moritz Schoenflies, Alexander Gelfond, Grete Hermann, Ennio de Giorgi, and Heinz Hopf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Oswald Veblen ranks 136. Before him are Lawrence Oates, Margit Kaffka, Lajos Bíró, Jesse L. Lasky, Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, and George Van Biesbroeck. After him are Kullervo Manner, Cora Sandel, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Philibert Jacques Melotte, Conrad Albrecht, and Seán O'Casey. Among people deceased in 1960, Oswald Veblen ranks 132. Before him are Oliver Kirk, Paul Fort, Walter Noddack, Wander Johannes de Haas, Noël Bas, and Lya Mara. After him are Harry Ferguson, Eduard Čech, Teodoro Picado Michalski, Dmitry Gulia, Frank Elmore Ross, and Harold Spencer Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oswald Veblen ranks 5,487 out of 18,182. Before him are Alexander Mackendrick (1912), Robert Walker (1918), Budd Boetticher (1916), Marion Jones (1975), Danneel Ackles (1979), and Thomas Friedman (1953). After him are James Shigeta (1929), Milman Parry (1902), Anne Shirley (1918), Eugene Garfield (1925), Nancy Walker (1922), and Pruitt Taylor Vince (1960).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Oswald Veblen ranks 41. Before him are Michael Freedman (1951), Benjamin Peirce (1809), Ronald Graham (1935), Edward O. Thorp (1932), Louis J. Mordell (1888), and Saunders Mac Lane (1909). After him are John Tate (1925), Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874), Gladys West (1930), Daniel Quillen (1940), Gilbert Strang (1934), and Solomon W. Golomb (1932).

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