MATHEMATICIAN

Richard Brauer

1901 - 1977

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Richard Dagobert Brauer (February 10, 1901 – April 17, 1977) was a leading German and American mathematician. He worked mainly in abstract algebra, but made important contributions to number theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Brauer has received more than 109,755 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Richard Brauer is the 862nd most popular mathematician (down from 773rd in 2019), the 5,178th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,472nd in 2019) and the 100th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Richard Brauer ranks 862 out of 1,004. Before him are Yuri Linnik, Evelyn Boyd Granville, Richard Taylor, Hans Rademacher, Roger Apéry, and Michael Aschbacher. After him are Jørgen Pedersen Gram, William Shanks, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Francesco Severi, Cécile DeWitt-Morette, and Thomas Heath.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Richard Brauer ranks 299. Before him are Alexis Chantraine, Narve Bonna, Anna Kavan, Inga Tidblad, Katri Vala, and C. L. R. James. After him are Aurora Mardiganian, Hans Drakenberg, Frank Buckles, Al LeConey, Mildred Wiley, and Sven Utterström. Among people deceased in 1977, Richard Brauer ranks 229. Before him are Helen Ferguson, H. A. Rey, Nunnally Johnson, Hans Pulver, Gersh Budker, and Miguel Mihura. After him are Karl Kreutzberg, Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Irene Steer, Alexey Gribov, Birger Rosengren, and Steve Gaines.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Richard Brauer ranks 5,178 out of 7,253. Before him are Norbert Walter-Borjans (1952), Hans-Emil Schuster (1934), Willy Ley (1906), Gertrud Elisabeth Mara (1749), Ludwig von Brenner (1833), and Heinz Hornig (1937). After him are Christian Streich (1965), Paul Möhring (1710), Guido Knopp (1948), George Engelmann (1809), Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934), and Nico Hülkenberg (1987).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Richard Brauer ranks 100. Before him are Christoph Gudermann (1798), Heinz Prüfer (1896), Friedrich Engel (1861), Walther von Dyck (1856), Don Zagier (1951), and Hans Rademacher (1892). After him are Volker Strassen (1936), Paul Koebe (1882), Ruth Moufang (1905), Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann (1837), Leopold Löwenheim (1878), and Peter Scholze (1987).

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