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Philipp Frank

1884 - 1966

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Philipp Frank (March 20, 1884 – July 21, 1966) was a physicist, mathematician and philosopher of the early-to-mid 20th century. He was a logical positivist, and a member of the Vienna Circle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philipp Frank has received more than 68,549 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Philipp Frank is the 375th most popular mathematician (down from 355th in 2019), the 509th most popular biography from Austria (up from 518th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Austrian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Philipp Frank ranks 375 out of 1,004. Before him are Klaus Roth, Diocles, Caspar Wessel, Plato Tiburtinus, Yakov Sinai, and Edward Kasner. After him are Felix Bernstein, Hypsicles, Sam Loyd, Viggo Brun, Philipp Ludwig von Seidel, and Rudolf E. Kálmán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Philipp Frank ranks 83. Before him are Helene Deutsch, Ferdinand von Bredow, Corrado Gini, Rómulo Gallegos, Josias Braun-Blanquet, and George Sarton. After him are Tanzan Ishibashi, Axel Ljung, Gerald Gardner, Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, Jules Supervielle, and James Alberione. Among people deceased in 1966, Philipp Frank ranks 82. Before him are Hermann Scherchen, Venceslau Brás, Väinö Tanner, Wieland Wagner, Camilo Torres Restrepo, and Emil Brunner. After him are Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Charles Whitman, Robert Rossen, Victor Kravchenko, George Ohsawa, and Nikolay Cherkasov.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Philipp Frank ranks 509 out of 1,424. Before him are Iuliu Maniu (1873), Aurel Vlaicu (1882), Karl von Stürgkh (1859), Richard Kohn (1888), Konstantin Jireček (1854), and Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865). After him are Friedrich Koncilia (1948), Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria (1917), Gottfried Helnwein (1948), Helmuth Koinigg (1948), Barbara Valentin (1940), and Julius Raab (1891).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Austria

Among mathematicians born in Austria, Philipp Frank ranks 8. Before him are Josef Stefan (1835), Georg von Peuerbach (1423), Hans Hahn (1879), Emil Artin (1898), Georg Alexander Pick (1859), and Karl Menger (1902). After him are Hermann Bondi (1919), Simon von Stampfer (1790), Friedrich Waismann (1896), Hilda Geiringer (1893), Helena Rasiowa (1917), and Otto E. Neugebauer (1899).

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