MATHEMATICIAN

Stanley Skewes

1899 - 1988

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Stanley Skewes (; 1899–1988) was a South African mathematician, best known for his discovery of the Skewes's number in 1933. He was one of John Edensor Littlewood's students at Cambridge University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanley Skewes has received more than 54,533 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley Skewes is the 975th most popular mathematician, the 261st most popular biography from South Africa and the 5th most popular South African Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Stanley Skewes ranks 975 out of 1,004Before him are Philippa Fawcett, Alessio Figalli, Keith Devlin, Eric W. Weisstein, Grace Alele-Williams, and Euphemia Haynes. After him are Stuart Milner-Barry, June Huh, Nathaniel Bowditch, Victor Glushkov, Sal Khan, and Joan Birman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Stanley Skewes ranks 323Before him are Paul Kelly, Marie Mosquini, Clarence Oldfield, Eric Linklater, Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe, and Allen Tate. After him are Genevieve Tobin, Gertrude Berg, Randall Thompson, Tom C. Clark, Mabel Strickland, and John Sparkman. Among people deceased in 1988, Stanley Skewes ranks 271Before him are Brook Benton, Nikolai Sologubov, Leonard Frey, Florence Eldridge, Zubeida, and Pauline Lafont. After him are E. B. Ford, Joseph Albert Sullivan, Mabel Strickland, and Angela Aames.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Stanley Skewes ranks 261 out of 454Before him are Moira Lister (1923), Lillian Ngoyi (1911), Amanda Coetzer (1971), Theuns Jordaan (1971), Joost van der Westhuizen (1971), and Zola Budd (1966). After him are Chris Wood (null), Trevor Noah (1984), Zanele Muholi (1972), Caster Semenya (1991), Quinton Fortune (1977), and MacBeth Sibaya (1977).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In South Africa

Among mathematicians born in South Africa, Stanley Skewes ranks 5Before him are Seymour Papert (1928), Claude Chevalley (1909), Richard Borcherds (1959), and Peter Sarnak (1953).