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Walther von Dyck

1856 - 1934

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Walther Franz Anton von Dyck (6 December 1856 – 5 November 1934), born Dyck (German pronunciation: [diːk]) and later ennobled, was a German mathematician. He is credited with being the first to define a mathematical group, in the modern sense in (Dyck 1882). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walther von Dyck has received more than 50,373 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Walther von Dyck is the 841st most popular mathematician, the 5,073rd most popular biography from Germany and the 97th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Walther von Dyck ranks 841 out of 1,004. Before him are Friedrich Engel, Sergey Nikolsky, Tom M. Apostol, William Feller, S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, and Georgy Adelson-Velsky. After him are Marshall Harvey Stone, Thomas Henderson, Simon Donaldson, John H. Coates, Marston Morse, and I. J. Good.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Walther von Dyck ranks 116. Before him are Vernon Lee, Belisario Porras Barahona, Edward Goodrich Acheson, Anton Aškerc, Friedrich Kluge, and Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar. After him are Karolina Widerström, Keir Hardie, Yuly Shokalsky, Wovoka, Granville Woods, and Colin Campbell Cooper. Among people deceased in 1934, Walther von Dyck ranks 149. Before him are José Santos Chocano, Claudio Williman, William H. Welch, Ferenc Móra, Theobald Smith, and Dukinfield Henry Scott. After him are Cass Gilbert, Hélène Boucher, Leonid Sobinov, Arthur Surridge Hunt, Lou Tellegen, and Davidson Black.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walther von Dyck ranks 5,073 out of 7,253. Before him are Volker Bouffier (1951), Georg Zacharias (1884), Johann Ludwig Krapf (1810), Ilse Bing (1899), August Spies (1855), and Harry Benjamin (1885). After him are Dieter Eilts (1964), Christian Gottfried Körner (1756), Hans Eichel (1941), Konrad Weise (1951), Marcel Schmelzer (1988), and Lukas Foss (1922).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Walther von Dyck ranks 97. Before him are Wolfgang Krull (1899), Richard Rado (1906), Carl Hindenburg (1741), Christoph Gudermann (1798), Heinz Prüfer (1896), and Friedrich Engel (1861). After him are Don Zagier (1951), Hans Rademacher (1892), Richard Brauer (1901), Volker Strassen (1936), Paul Koebe (1882), and Ruth Moufang (1905).

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