1903 - 1975
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 125,067 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). W. V. D. Hodge is the 500th most popular mathematician (up from 665th in 2019), the 2,426th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,421st in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, W. V. D. Hodge ranks 500 out of 823. Before her are Jacques Herbrand, Louis Bachelier, Georg Mohr, Jacques Ozanam, Frigyes Riesz, and Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī. After her are William Kingdon Clifford, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Julius Petersen, Roy Kerr, Heinrich Martin Weber, and Wilhelm Jordan.
1908 - 1931
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 494
1870 - 1946
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 495
1640 - 1697
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 496
1640 - 1718
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 497
1880 - 1956
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 498
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 499
1903 - 1975
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 500
1845 - 1879
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 501
1865 - 1923
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 502
1839 - 1910
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 503
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 504
1842 - 1913
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 505
1842 - 1899
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 506
Among people born in 1903, W. V. D. Hodge ranks 163. Before her are W. Ross Ashby, Gaito Gazdanov, Ona Munson, Peppino De Filippo, Rudolf Wolters, and Lili Kraus. After her are Felice Bonetto, André Maschinot, Ivar Johansson, Corrado Bafile, Gʻafur Gʻulom, and Orde Wingate. Among people deceased in 1975, W. V. D. Hodge ranks 111. Before her are Richard Conte, Ernst Alexanderson, Mark Donohue, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Vladimir Kuts, and Annette Kellermann. After her are Louis Van Hege, Tony Brise, Aníbal Troilo, G. I. Taylor, Olga Bergholz, and Ezzard Charles.
1903 - 1972
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 157
1903 - 1971
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 158
1903 - 1955
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 159
1903 - 1980
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 160
1903 - 1983
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 161
1903 - 1986
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 162
1903 - 1975
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 163
1903 - 1953
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 164
1903 - 1963
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 165
1903 - 1979
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 166
1903 - 2005
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 167
1903 - 1966
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 168
1903 - 1944
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 169
1910 - 1975
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 105
1878 - 1975
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 106
1937 - 1975
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 107
1893 - 1975
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 108
1927 - 1975
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 109
1887 - 1975
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 110
1903 - 1975
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 111
1889 - 1975
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 112
1952 - 1975
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 113
1914 - 1975
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 114
1886 - 1975
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 115
1910 - 1975
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 116
1921 - 1975
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 117
Among people born in United Kingdom, W. V. D. Hodge ranks 2,426 out of 7,765. Before her are Blaze Bayley (1963), Blanche of England (1392), William Nicholson (1753), Patricia Routledge (1929), Josephine Tey (1896), and James Whale (1889). After her are William Kingdon Clifford (1845), John Alcott (1930), Samantha Bond (1961), Edmund Crouchback (1245), Henry Cole (1808), and Peter Cheyney (1896).
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 2,420
1392 - 1409
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 2,421
1753 - 1815
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 2,422
1929 - Present
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 2,423
1896 - 1952
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 2,424
1889 - 1957
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 2,425
1903 - 1975
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 2,426
1845 - 1879
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 2,427
1930 - 1986
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 2,428
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 2,429
1245 - 1296
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 2,430
1808 - 1882
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 2,431
1896 - 1951
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 2,432
Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, W. V. D. Hodge ranks 51. Before her are Roger Cotes (1682), Edward Arthur Milne (1896), Eric Temple Bell (1883), David Mumford (1937), Harold Jeffreys (1891), and John Pell (1611). After her are William Kingdon Clifford (1845), Henry Dudeney (1857), G. I. Taylor (1886), Egon Pearson (1895), Mary Cartwright (1900), and Sydney Chapman (1888).
1682 - 1716
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 45
1896 - 1950
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 46
1883 - 1960
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 47
1937 - Present
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 48
1891 - 1989
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 49
1611 - 1685
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 50
1903 - 1975
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 51
1845 - 1879
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 52
1857 - 1930
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 53
1886 - 1975
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 54
1895 - 1980
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 55
1900 - 1998
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 56
1888 - 1970
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 57