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Alan Baker

1939 - 2018

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Alan Baker (19 August 1939 – 4 February 2018) was an English mathematician, known for his work on effective methods in number theory, in particular those arising from transcendental number theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Baker is the 278th most popular mathematician (up from 302nd in 2019), the 1,333rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,429th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Alan Baker ranks 278 out of 1,004. Before him are Jabir ibn Aflah, Paul Lévy, Seymour Papert, Robert Recorde, Lloyd Shapley, and Israel Gelfand. After him are Édouard Roche, Vitello, George Atwood, Jacques Charles François Sturm, Jacopo Riccati, and Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Alan Baker ranks 101. Before him are Guntis Ulmanis, Cynthia Lennon, Lucia Popp, Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, and Paul Hogan. After him are Claudio Magris, Kit Bond, Seamus Heaney, Kenzō Takada, John O'Keefe, and Marco Bellocchio. Among people deceased in 2018, Alan Baker ranks 87. Before him are Kim Jong-pil, XXXTentacion, Scott Wilson, Katherine MacGregor, Christine Nöstlinger, and Dorothy Malone. After him are Gene Sharp, Alan Bean, E. C. George Sudarshan, Henri Michel, Efraín Ríos Montt, and Irena Szewińska.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Baker ranks 1,333 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry (1100), Bernard Cornwell (1944), Eddie Redmayne (1982), Robert Wyatt (1945), Ewan McGregor (1971), and Olave Baden-Powell (1889). After him are John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462), John Nettles (1943), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), Boy George (1961), J. B. S. Haldane (1892), and George Atwood (1745).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Alan Baker ranks 32. Before him are Robert Grosseteste (1175), Peter Tait (1831), Michael Atiyah (1929), Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), Lady Byron (1792), and Robert Recorde (1512). After him are George Atwood (1745), John Horton Conway (1937), John Wilkins (1614), Edward Waring (1736), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), and George Peacock (1791).

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