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Paul Bernays

1888 - 1977

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Paul Isaac Bernays (17 October 1888 – 18 September 1977) was a Swiss mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematical logic, axiomatic set theory, and the philosophy of mathematics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Bernays has received more than 114,051 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Paul Bernays is the 559th most popular mathematician (up from 638th in 2019), the 2,578th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,119th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Paul Bernays ranks 559 out of 1,004. Before him are Ronald Graham, Max Dehn, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, Cahit Arf, Henri Brocard, and Joseph Valentin Boussinesq. After him are Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, Gino Fano, Agner Krarup Erlang, Francesco Barozzi, Ibrahim ibn Sinan, and Thoralf Skolem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Paul Bernays ranks 140. Before him are Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Raquel Meller, Vladimir Baranov-Rossine, Rachel Cohen-Kagan, Nereu Ramos, and Gustaf Molander. After him are Anna Q. Nilsson, Gazanfar Musabekov, Milán Füst, Toyohiko Kagawa, Chana Orloff, and Jinichi Kusaka. Among people deceased in 1977, Paul Bernays ranks 132. Before him are Eve Meyer, Luciano Re Cecconi, Neco, Scott Bradley, Willem Schermerhorn, and Juan Carlos Calvo. After him are Konstantin Fedin, Jean Rostand, Tibor Déry, Azucena Villaflor, Alice Paul, and Alexander Volkov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Bernays ranks 2,578 out of 8,785. Before him are Simon Phillips (1957), Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1869), Flora Finch (1867), Edmund Gwenn (1877), Patrick Gordon (1635), and Tom Finney (1922). After him are Paul Nurse (1949), Jon Finch (1942), Jack Greenwell (1884), Morris Travers (1872), Douglas Bader (1910), and Henry Maitland Wilson (1881).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Paul Bernays ranks 53. Before him are Joseph Raphson (1648), John Playfair (1748), John Hadley (1682), Thomas Wright (1711), Egon Pearson (1895), and Sydney Chapman (1888). After him are Ernest William Brown (1866), Harold Jeffreys (1891), Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (1907), G. I. Taylor (1886), William Burnside (1852), and Edward Arthur Milne (1896).

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