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Andrew M. Gleason

1921 - 2008

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Andrew Mattei Gleason (1921–2008) was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to widely varied areas of mathematics, including the solution of Hilbert's fifth problem, and was a leader in reform and innovation in math­e­mat­ics teaching at all levels. Gleason's theorem in quantum logic and the Greenwood–Gleason graph, an important example in Ramsey theory, are named for him. As a young World War II naval officer, Gleason broke German and Japanese military codes. After the war he spent his entire academic career at Harvard University, from which he retired in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrew M. Gleason is the 545th most popular mathematician (up from 943rd in 2019), the 4,650th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,902nd in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Andrew M. Gleason ranks 545 out of 1,004. Before him are Joseph Ludwig Raabe, Jordanus de Nemore, Jean Leray, Terence Tao, Theodosius of Bithynia, and Adam Ries. After him are Ibrahim ibn Sinan, Edward Arthur Milne, Ronald Graham, Geminus, William Whiston, and Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Andrew M. Gleason ranks 193. Before him are Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Violette Szabo, Robert Brown, Guy Laroche, Leo Penn, and Archduchess Charlotte of Austria. After him are Erich Fried, Giorgio Strehler, Gaston Rébuffat, Georges Mathieu, Reuven Feuerstein, and Theodore Van Kirk. Among people deceased in 2008, Andrew M. Gleason ranks 150. Before him are Adolfo Suárez Rivera, Stan Winston, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, Francis Pym, Douglas Bennett, and Sven Davidson. After him are Ahmed al-Mirghani, Cedella Booker, Philipp von Boeselager, Bill Miller, Nina Foch, and Robert Jonquet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andrew M. Gleason ranks 4,650 out of 20,380. Before him are Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844), Paul Adelstein (1969), Chris Penn (1965), John Neumeier (1939), Arnold Rothstein (1882), and Robert Morris (1931). After him are Dennis Haysbert (1954), R-Truth (1972), Joe Spinell (1936), Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810), Big Mama Thornton (1926), and John Paine (1870).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Andrew M. Gleason ranks 37. Before him are Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), Richard Hamming (1915), Dennis Sullivan (1941), George David Birkhoff (1884), Julia Robinson (1919), and Richard E. Bellman (1920). After him are Ronald Graham (1935), Isadore Singer (1924), Louis J. Mordell (1888), Benjamin Peirce (1809), Saunders Mac Lane (1909), and Michael Freedman (1951).

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