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Arthur Geoffrey Walker

1909 - 2001

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Arthur Geoffrey Walker FRS FRSE (17 July 1909 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England – 31 March 2001) was a British mathematician and professor of the University of Sheffield who made important contributions to physical cosmology. Although he was an accomplished geometer, he is best remembered today for two important contributions to general relativity, namely, the Robertson-Walker metric and the Fermi–Walker transport. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Geoffrey Walker is the 919th most popular mathematician (down from 816th in 2019), the 5,202nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,121st in 2019) and the 98th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Arthur Geoffrey Walker ranks 919 out of 1,004. Before him are Don Zagier, Branko Grünbaum, Paul Koebe, James Arthur, Martin David Kruskal, and William Spottiswoode. After him are William Gemmell Cochran, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann, Caucher Birkar, Ivar Otto Bendixson, and Fan Chung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Arthur Geoffrey Walker ranks 379. Before him are Juan Pedevilla, Montgomery Wilson, Wallace Stegner, Ann Sothern, Ivan Fuqua, and Heather Angel. After him are William Gemmell Cochran, Archie Cochrane, Teofilo Spasojević, Alex Raymond, Don Finlay, and Raúl Landini. Among people deceased in 2001, Arthur Geoffrey Walker ranks 312. Before him are Aleksandr Volodin, David M. Walker, Marita Petersen, Ann Sothern, Henry Jonsson, and Mike Mansfield. After him are Tony Miles, Helia Bravo Hollis, Shidzue Katō, Robert Fowler, Michael Dertouzos, and Valerie Davies.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Geoffrey Walker ranks 5,204 out of 8,785. Before him are Ewan MacColl (1915), Jemima Kirke (1985), Alex Jennings (1957), Duffy (1984), Simon Schama (1945), and Thomas Baines (1820). After him are Alex Miller (1949), John Pulman (1923), William Gemmell Cochran (1909), Neil Innes (1944), George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823), and David Bedford (1937).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Arthur Geoffrey Walker ranks 98. Before him are Richard Taylor (1962), Richard K. Guy (1916), I. J. Good (1916), James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (1848), Philip Hall (1904), and William Spottiswoode (1825). After him are William Gemmell Cochran (1909), Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), W. T. Tutte (1917), Neil Sloane (1939), Edward Charles Titchmarsh (1899), and James Maynard (1987).

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