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Shiing-Shen Chern

1911 - 2004

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Shiing-Shen Chern (; Chinese: 陳省身, Mandarin: [tʂʰə́n.ɕǐŋ.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 594,170 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Shiing-Shen Chern is the 323rd most popular mathematician (down from 275th in 2019), the 566th most popular biography from China (down from 491st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Chinese Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Shiing-Shen Chern ranks 323 out of 1,004. Before him are Theodor Kaluza, Gotthold Eisenstein, Abraham Wald, Igor Shafarevich, Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, and August Leopold Crelle. After him are Stephen Smale, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, Maurice René Fréchet, Alain Connes, Johann Friedrich Pfaff, and Enrico Bombieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Shiing-Shen Chern ranks 99. Before him are André Claveau, Hans Woellke, Ishirō Honda, Józef Cyrankiewicz, Alfredo Foni, and Maureen O'Sullivan. After him are Martin Sandberger, Franz Binder, Zenkō Suzuki, John C. Woods, Prince Carl Bernadotte, and Andor Lilienthal. Among people deceased in 2004, Shiing-Shen Chern ranks 87. Before him are Uta Hagen, Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Boris Trajkovski, Irina Press, Miklós Fehér, and Jerry Orbach. After him are Russ Meyer, John Maynard Smith, Zenkō Suzuki, Anthony Steffen, Mercedes McCambridge, and Vasili Mitrokhin.

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In China

Among people born in China, Shiing-Shen Chern ranks 566 out of 1,610. Before him are Ngawang Namgyal (1594), Zhong Yao (151), Shen Zhou (1427), Ji Kang (223), Wang Qishan (1948), and Yuan Zhen (779). After him are Joan Chen (1961), Xia Gui (1195), Yun Shouping (1633), Huang Xing (1874), Xu Shichang (1855), and Go Seigen (1914).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In China

Among mathematicians born in China, Shiing-Shen Chern ranks 10. Before him are Wang Chong (27), Xu Guangqi (1562), Guo Shoujing (1231), Shing-Tung Yau (1949), Yi Xing (683), and Liu Xin (-50). After him are Zhu Shijie (1249), Qin Jiushao (1201), Yang Hui (1238), Dai Zhen (1724), Chen Jingrun (1933), and Wu Wenjun (1919).

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