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W. V. D. Hodge

1903 - 1975

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Sir William Vallance Douglas Hodge (; 17 June 1903 – 7 July 1975) was a British mathematician, specifically a geometer. His discovery of far-reaching topological relations between algebraic geometry and differential geometry—an area now called Hodge theory and pertaining more generally to Kähler manifolds—has been a major influence on subsequent work in geometry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. V. D. Hodge has received more than 134,941 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). W. V. D. Hodge is the 483rd most popular mathematician (up from 498th in 2019), the 2,251st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,420th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, W. V. D. Hodge ranks 483 out of 1,004. Before her are Adam Ries, Johann Samuel König, Lazarus Fuchs, George David Birkhoff, Karl Mollweide, and Ion Ghica. After her are Samuel Eilenberg, David Mumford, Moritz Pasch, Alfred Pringsheim, Friedrich Hirzebruch, and René de Saussure.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, W. V. D. Hodge ranks 155. Before her are Antanas Sniečkus, Orde Wingate, Bix Beiderbecke, Russell Bufalino, Earl Hines, and Vincent Richards. After her are Fumiko Hayashi, Gloria Holden, Ivar Johansson, Issa Pliyev, Anatoly Alexandrov, and Gaito Gazdanov. Among people deceased in 1975, W. V. D. Hodge ranks 110. Before her are G. M. B. Dobson, Tim Buckley, Javier Ambrois, Shigeyoshi Inoue, William Hartnell, and Sisowath Sirik Matak. After her are Olga Bergholz, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Hideo Shinojima, T-Bone Walker, Joseph Guillemot, and Hans Jordan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, W. V. D. Hodge ranks 2,251 out of 8,785. Before her are William Ernest Henley (1849), Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889), Dion Fortune (1890), Henry Irving (1838), Jojo Moyes (1969), and Rio Ferdinand (1978). After her are Carl Palmer (1950), Limahl (1958), Ken Robinson (1950), John Chadwick (1920), Quentin Skinner (1940), and John Glen (1932).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, W. V. D. Hodge ranks 45. Before her are Mary Cartwright (1900), Thomas Bradwardine (1300), Edmund Gunter (1581), William Kingdon Clifford (1845), Eric Temple Bell (1883), and James Stirling (1692). After her are David Mumford (1937), Joseph Raphson (1648), John Playfair (1748), John Hadley (1682), Thomas Wright (1711), and Egon Pearson (1895).

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