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Richard Courant

1888 - 1972

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Richard Courant (January 8, 1888 – January 27, 1972) was a German-American mathematician. He is best known by the general public for the book What is Mathematics?, co-written with Herbert Robbins. His research focused on the areas of real analysis, mathematical physics, the calculus of variations and partial differential equations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Courant has received more than 289,291 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Richard Courant is the 385th most popular mathematician (down from 332nd in 2019), the 542nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 476th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Polish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Richard Courant ranks 385 out of 1,004. Before him are Viggo Brun, Philipp Ludwig von Seidel, Rudolf E. Kálmán, William Sealy Gosset, William Jones, and Elwin Bruno Christoffel. After him are Grigory Margulis, Maryam Mirzakhani, Lennart Carleson, Eugenio Beltrami, Ibn Sahl, and John G. Kemeny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Richard Courant ranks 101. Before him are Odile Defraye, Richard Kohn, Roberto Assagioli, Paul Ramadier, Harilal Gandhi, and Herms Niel. After him are Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Harukichi Hyakutake, Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria, José Félix Estigarribia, Domenico Tardini, and Mohammed Hussein Heikal. Among people deceased in 1972, Richard Courant ranks 89. Before him are Frank Knight, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Milton L. Humason, Mohamed Oufkir, Fulbert Youlou, and Joseph Paul-Boncour. After him are James F. Byrnes, Ángel Romano, Pierre Brasseur, Edward Calvin Kendall, Ivan Yefremov, and Dan Blocker.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Richard Courant ranks 542 out of 1,694. Before him are Franz Waxman (1906), Otto von Gierke (1841), Duchess Amelia of Württemberg (1799), Oskar Kummetz (1891), Jadwiga of Kalisz (1266), and Bolesław the Pious (1225). After him are Peter Yorck von Wartenburg (1904), Paul Löbe (1875), Lidia Zamenhof (1904), Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909), Kazys Grinius (1866), and Franz Neumann (1900).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Poland

Among mathematicians born in Poland, Richard Courant ranks 19. Before him are Hugo Steinhaus (1887), Vitello (1230), Theodor Kaluza (1885), Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865), Emil Leon Post (1897), and Klaus Roth (1925). After him are Abraham Robinson (1918), Michael O. Rabin (1931), Martin Kutta (1867), Lazarus Fuchs (1833), Samuel Eilenberg (1913), and Moritz Pasch (1843).

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