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Sydney Chapman

1888 - 1970

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Sydney Chapman (29 January 1888 – 16 June 1970) was a British mathematician and geophysicist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sydney Chapman has received more than 8,966 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Sydney Chapman is the 536th most popular mathematician (down from 532nd in 2019), the 2,465th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,557th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Mathematician.

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  • 51.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Sydney Chapman ranks 536 out of 1,004. Before him are Heinrich Martin Weber, Egon Pearson, Ismaël Bullialdus, Joseph Ludwig Raabe, Erik Ivar Fredholm, and Jakob Hermann. After him are Willem 's Gravesande, Ernst Leonard Lindelöf, Pál Turán, Simon von Stampfer, D. R. Kaprekar, and Luis Caffarelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Sydney Chapman ranks 133. Before him are Barry Fitzgerald, Kaarel Eenpalu, Mary Eristavi, Lotte Lehmann, Thomas C. Kinkaid, and Pavel Peter Gojdič. After him are Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Raquel Meller, Vladimir Baranov-Rossine, Rachel Cohen-Kagan, Nereu Ramos, and Gustaf Molander. Among people deceased in 1970, Sydney Chapman ranks 136. Before him are Kurt Feldt, Leandro Faggin, Vera Brittain, Ștefan Barbu, Cathy O'Donnell, and Ernest Marsden. After him are Billie Burke, Alan Wilson, Albert Ayler, Soledad Miranda, Shaken Aimanov, and Abraham Alikhanov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sydney Chapman ranks 2,465 out of 8,785. Before him are Fatboy Slim (1963), Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Roy Harrod (1900), Peter Frampton (1950), George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799), and Benedict Biscop (628). After him are Richard Marquand (1937), Robert Kerr (1755), David Bailey (1938), Paul Smith (1946), Geoff Bent (1932), and John Alcock (1892).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Sydney Chapman ranks 52. Before him are David Mumford (1937), Joseph Raphson (1648), John Playfair (1748), John Hadley (1682), Thomas Wright (1711), and Egon Pearson (1895). After him are Paul Bernays (1888), Ernest William Brown (1866), Harold Jeffreys (1891), Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (1907), G. I. Taylor (1886), and William Burnside (1852).

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