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Alfréd Haar

1885 - 1933

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Alfréd Haar (Hungarian: Haar Alfréd; 11 October 1885, Budapest – 16 March 1933, Szeged) was a Hungarian mathematician. In 1904 he began to study at the University of Göttingen. His doctorate was supervised by David Hilbert. The Haar measure, Haar wavelet, and Haar transform are named in his honor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfréd Haar is the 632nd most popular mathematician (up from 711th in 2019), the 444th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 506th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Hungarian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Alfréd Haar ranks 632 out of 1,004. Before him are Serge Lang, Willem 's Gravesande, Grete Hermann, Dmitri Egorov, Jakob Hermann, and Jean Frédéric Frenet. After him are Al-Qalqashandi, Douglas Hartree, Dinostratus, Polyaenus of Lampsacus, François d'Aguilon, and Cahit Arf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Alfréd Haar ranks 153. Before him are Ruben Sevak, Abdurauf Fitrat, Roger de La Fresnaye, Hedda Hopper, Henry Taylor, and Alice Paul. After him are Zhou Zuoren, Pierre Dupong, Sigrid Hjertén, Frederic Lewy, Platt Adams, and Guilhermina Suggia. Among people deceased in 1933, Alfréd Haar ranks 95. Before him are Chen Jiongming, Boris Rosing, Arnold Mendelssohn, Sara Teasdale, José Malhoa, and John Arthur Jarvis. After him are James J. Corbett, George Calnan, Max von Schillings, Zacharia Paliashvili, Pekka Halonen, and Antonín Švehla.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Alfréd Haar ranks 444 out of 1,077. Before him are Július Torma (1922), Máté Fenyvesi (1933), Igor Grabar (1871), Lajos Haynald (1816), Imre Makovecz (1935), and Gyula Breyer (1893). After him are Ödön Földessy (1929), Éva Marton (1943), Vilma Bánky (1901), István Örkény (1912), Joe Bugner (1950), and Dezső Gyarmati (1927).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Hungary

Among mathematicians born in Hungary, Alfréd Haar ranks 17. Before him are Paul Halmos (1916), Endre Szemerédi (1940), Rózsa Péter (1905), Pál Turán (1910), Dénes Kőnig (1884), and Lipót Fejér (1880). After him are Alfréd Rényi (1921), Vera T. Sós (1930), George Szekeres (1911), Marcel Riesz (1886), Raoul Bott (1923), and Cornelius Lanczos (1893).

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