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Abraham Fraenkel

1891 - 1965

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Abraham Fraenkel (Hebrew: אברהם הלוי (אדולף) פרנקל; 17 February, 1891 – 15 October, 1965) was a German-born Israeli mathematician. He was an early Zionist and the first Dean of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is known for his contributions to axiomatic set theory, especially his additions to Ernst Zermelo's axioms, which resulted in the Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Fraenkel is the 467th most popular mathematician (down from 406th in 2019), the 2,914th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,722nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Abraham Fraenkel ranks 467 out of 1,004. Before him are Klaus Roth, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Luigi Cremona, Nikolai Luzin, Campanus of Novara, and Ismaël Bullialdus. After him are August Leopold Crelle, Michael O. Rabin, Eric Temple Bell, Pavel Urysohn, Charles Julien Brianchon, and William Sealy Gosset.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Abraham Fraenkel ranks 121. Before him are George Adamski, Alfred Wünnenberg, Vladimir Albitsky, Kenneth Anderson, Pavlo Tychyna, and Greta Schröder. After him are Jan Mukařovský, Hélène Sparrow, Julio Baghy, Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia, and Juan Yagüe. Among people deceased in 1965, Abraham Fraenkel ranks 91. Before him are Kurt Goldstein, Johann Kremer, Khalid al-Azm, Lee Hoi-chuen, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, and William Petersson. After him are Bob King, Boris Barnet, Arthur Holmes, Ellen Church, Linda Darnell, and Árpád Szakasits.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Abraham Fraenkel ranks 2,916 out of 7,253. Before him are Julius Oppert (1825), Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1827), Nuri Şahin (1988), Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz (1822), Dorothea von Schlegel (1764), and Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (1271). After him are Hakan Çalhanoğlu (1994), Reiner Klimke (1936), Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1797), Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg (1664), Hans Albert (1921), and Johanna Wolf (1900).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Abraham Fraenkel ranks 54. Before him are Philipp Ludwig von Seidel (1821), Elwin Bruno Christoffel (1829), Gerhard Gentzen (1909), Johannes Werner (1468), Gerd Faltings (1954), and Johann Friedrich Pfaff (1765). After him are August Leopold Crelle (1780), Hermann Hankel (1839), Karl Mollweide (1774), Otto Hölder (1859), Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927), and Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843).

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