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Adolf Hurwitz

1859 - 1919

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Adolf Hurwitz (German: [ˈaːdɔlf ˈhʊʁvɪts]; 26 March 1859 – 18 November 1919) was a German mathematician who worked on algebra, analysis, geometry and number theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Hurwitz is the 294th most popular mathematician (down from 261st in 2019), the 1,740th most popular biography from Germany and the 32nd most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Adolf Hurwitz ranks 294 out of 1,004. Before him are Al-Karaji, Atle Selberg, John G. Thompson, Edmund Landau, Hugo Steinhaus, and Pierre Deligne. After him are Jesse Douglas, Shing-Tung Yau, Abraham Zacuto, Oronce Finé, Simon Newcomb, and Lorenzo Mascheroni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Adolf Hurwitz ranks 41. Before him are Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Francesc Macià, Fusajiro Yamauchi, Natalie of Serbia, and Théophile Steinlen. After him are Havelock Ellis, Feng Guozhang, Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Georg Alexander Pick, Takeda Sōkaku, and Ravachol. Among people deceased in 1919, Adolf Hurwitz ranks 48. Before him are Vera Zasulich, Hermann Weingärtner, Endre Ady, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia, Gustav Landauer, and Adolf Schmal. After him are Leo Jogiches, Hugo Riemann, Vasily Chapayev, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Adelina Patti, and Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolf Hurwitz ranks 1,740 out of 7,253. Before him are Oswald Achenbach (1827), Johann Kirnberger (1721), Werner Jaeger (1888), Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine (1539), August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735), and Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (1763). After him are Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736), Hans Blumenberg (1920), Edmund Conen (1914), Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1727), Karl von Piloty (1826), and Conrad Veidt (1893).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Adolf Hurwitz ranks 32. Before him are Robert Aumann (1930), Ernst Zermelo (1871), Constantin Carathéodory (1873), Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (1849), Eduard Heine (1821), and Edmund Landau (1877). After him are Michael Stifel (1487), Hillel Furstenberg (1935), Wilhelm Ackermann (1896), Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach (1800), Gotthold Eisenstein (1823), and Julius Plücker (1801).

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