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MATHEMATICIAN

Shiing-Shen Chern

1911 - 2004

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Shiing-Shen Chern (; Chinese: 陳省身, Mandarin: [tʂʰən.ɕiŋ.ʂən]; October 28, 1911 – December 3, 2004) was a Chinese American mathematician and poet. He made fundamental contributions to differential geometry and topology. He has been called the "father of modern differential geometry" and is widely regarded as a leader in geometry and one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century, winning numerous awards and recognition including the Wolf Prize and the inaugural Shaw Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shiing-Shen Chern has received more than 546,004 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Shiing-Shen Chern is the 275th most popular mathematician (up from 408th in 2019), the 492nd most popular biography from China (up from 592nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Chinese Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Shiing-Shen Chern ranks 275 out of 823. Before him are Joseph Bertrand, Tatyana Afanasyeva, Seki Takakazu, Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Emil Artin, and Liu Xin. After him are Eugenio Beltrami, John Wilkins, Adolf Hurwitz, Richard S. Hamilton, Guillaume Postel, and Lorenzo Mascheroni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Shiing-Shen Chern ranks 84. Before him are William Stuart-Houston, Thanom Kittikachorn, Jean-Pierre Aumont, David Ogilvy, Lee J. Cobb, and Gustavo Díaz Ordaz. After him are Andor Lilienthal, Viktor Barna, David Seymour, Luis Walter Alvarez, André Claveau, and Józef Cyrankiewicz. Among people deceased in 2004, Shiing-Shen Chern ranks 76. Before him are John Charles, Masanori Tokita, Sacha Distel, Russ Meyer, Jerry Orbach, and Carlos Lacoste. After him are Roque Máspoli, Umberto Agnelli, Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Eddie Adams, Saizo Saito, and Gordon Cooper.

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In China

Among people born in China, Shiing-Shen Chern ranks 492 out of 1,392. Before him are Shen Buhai (-385), Chen Cheng (1897), He Zizhen (1910), Feng Guozhang (1859), Yen Chia-kan (1905), and Liu Xin (-50). After him are Eileen Chang (1920), Chen Yi (1901), Li Cunxu (885), Deng Yingchao (1904), Drogön Chögyal Phagpa (1235), and Rinchinbal Khan (1326).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In China

Among mathematicians born in China, Shiing-Shen Chern ranks 7. Before him are Zhang Heng (78), Liu Hui (225), Zu Chongzhi (429), Wang Chong (27), Xu Guangqi (1562), and Liu Xin (-50). After him are Guo Shoujing (1231), Yi Xing (683), Shing-Tung Yau (1949), Yang Hui (1238), Zhu Shijie (1249), and Qin Jiushao (1201).

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