MATHEMATICIAN

Alexander Grothendieck

1928 - 2014

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Alexander Grothendieck, later Alexandre Grothendieck in French (; German: [ˌalɛˈksandɐ ˈɡʁoːtn̩ˌdiːk] ; French: [ɡʁɔtɛndik]; 28 March 1928 – 13 November 2014), was a German-born French mathematician who became the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry. His research extended the scope of the field and added elements of commutative algebra, homological algebra, sheaf theory, and category theory to its foundations, while his so-called "relative" perspective led to revolutionary advances in many areas of pure mathematics. He is considered by many to be the greatest mathematician of the twentieth century. Grothendieck began his productive and public career as a mathematician in 1949. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Grothendieck is the 87th most popular mathematician (down from 71st in 2019), the 420th most popular biography from Germany (down from 359th in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Mathematician.

Grothendieck is most famous for his work in algebraic geometry, specifically the development of the theory of schemes.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Alexander Grothendieck ranks 87 out of 1,004. Before him are Thābit ibn Qurra, Zhang Heng, Alfred North Whitehead, Bonaventura Cavalieri, Simon Stevin, and Herbert A. Hauptman. After him are John Couch Adams, Thomas Harriot, Stefan Banach, Christian Goldbach, Jim Simons, and Leopold Kronecker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Alexander Grothendieck ranks 26. Before him are Rinus Michels, Osamu Tezuka, Roger Vadim, Eddie Fisher, Arnold Rüütel, and Shirley Temple. After him are Fidel Ramos, Yves Klein, Herbert Kroemer, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, James Coburn, and Domenico Modugno. Among people deceased in 2014, Alexander Grothendieck ranks 17. Before him are Nadine Gordimer, Eli Wallach, Joe Cocker, Luis Aragonés, Maximilian Schell, and Shirley Temple. After him are Lauren Bacall, Paco de Lucía, Jacques Le Goff, Robert A. Dahl, Martin Lewis Perl, and Virna Lisi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alexander Grothendieck ranks 420 out of 7,253. Before him are Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904), Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731), Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845), Franz Bopp (1791), Richard von Weizsäcker (1920), and Karl Haushofer (1869). After him are Karen Horney (1885), Christian III of Denmark (1503), Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779), Emil Nolde (1867), Gerd Binnig (1947), and Otto Dix (1891).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Alexander Grothendieck ranks 13. Before him are August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), Friedrich Bessel (1784), Karl Weierstrass (1815), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), Richard Dedekind (1831), and Regiomontanus (1436). After him are Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804), Felix Klein (1849), Christopher Clavius (1538), Andrew Wiles (1953), Hermann Weyl (1885), and Hermann of Reichenau (1013).

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