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Thoralf Skolem

1887 - 1963

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Thoralf Albert Skolem (Norwegian: [ˈtûːrɑɫf ˈskûːlɛm]; 23 May 1887 – 23 March 1963) was a Norwegian mathematician who worked in mathematical logic and set theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thoralf Skolem has received more than 131,357 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Thoralf Skolem is the 565th most popular mathematician (up from 634th in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from Norway (up from 257th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Norwegian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Thoralf Skolem ranks 565 out of 1,004. Before him are Paul Bernays, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, Gino Fano, Agner Krarup Erlang, Francesco Barozzi, and Ibrahim ibn Sinan. After him are Giacomo F. Maraldi, Klára Dán von Neumann, Friedrich Robert Helmert, Ernest William Brown, Karol Borsuk, and Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Thoralf Skolem ranks 169. Before him are Maria Jeritza, Pyotr Nesterov, Govind Ballabh Pant, Alvin York, Courtney Hodges, and Sam Warner. After him are Louis Leon Thurstone, Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg, Joseph Orbeli, Rupert Brooke, Louise Arner Boyd, and Marianne Moore. Among people deceased in 1963, Thoralf Skolem ranks 108. Before him are André Maschinot, Guy Burgess, Pierre Blanchar, Erik Lundqvist, Vissarion Shebalin, and Robert Kerr. After him are Vsevolod Ivanov, Pingali Venkayya, Klára Dán von Neumann, József Nagy, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, and John Farrow.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Thoralf Skolem ranks 222 out of 1,039. Before him are Sissel Kyrkjebø (1969), Jørn Andersen (1963), Eva Joly (1943), Arne Brustad (1912), Harald Sæverud (1897), and Roald Aas (1928). After him are Helge Ingstad (1899), Kirsti Sparboe (1946), Johan Herman Wessel (1742), Colin Archer (1832), Erling Skakke (1115), and Thorvald Asvaldsson (950).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Norway

Among mathematicians born in Norway, Thoralf Skolem ranks 8. Before him are Sophus Lie (1842), Atle Selberg (1917), Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow (1832), Caspar Wessel (1745), Viggo Brun (1885), and Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1836). After him are Bernt Michael Holmboe (1795), Axel Thue (1863), Carl Størmer (1874), and Øystein Ore (1899).

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