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Charles Proteus Steinmetz

1865 - 1923

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Charles Proteus Steinmetz (born Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz; April 9, 1865 – October 26, 1923) was a Prussian-American mathematician and electrical engineer and professor at Union College. He fostered the development of alternating current that made possible the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States, formulating mathematical theories for engineers. He made ground-breaking discoveries in the understanding of hysteresis that enabled engineers to design better electromagnetic apparatus equipment, especially electric motors for use in industry. At the time of his death, Steinmetz held over 200 patents. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Proteus Steinmetz is the 200th most popular mathematician (up from 337th in 2019), the 242nd most popular biography from Poland (up from 484th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Polish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Charles Proteus Steinmetz ranks 200 out of 1,004. Before him are Wacław Sierpiński, Camille Jordan, Jan Łukasiewicz, René Thom, James Gregory, and Lewis Fry Richardson. After him are Ernst Schröder, Tatyana Afanasyeva, Conon of Samos, Victor D'Hondt, André Weil, and Ibn Sahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Charles Proteus Steinmetz ranks 35. Before him are Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Amélie of Orléans, Emma Orczy, Charles G. Dawes, Gabriel Narutowicz, and Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe. After him are Rashid Rida, Mikao Usui, Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Gérard Encausse, L'Inconnue de la Seine, and Duan Qirui. Among people deceased in 1923, Charles Proteus Steinmetz ranks 29. Before him are Hertha Ayrton, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Katherine Mansfield, Edith Södergran, Raymond Radiguet, and Milena Vukotić. After him are Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, Max Nordau, Ernst Troeltsch, Maurice Barrès, and Aleksandar Stamboliyski.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Charles Proteus Steinmetz ranks 242 out of 1,694. Before him are Wacław Sierpiński (1882), Bolesław Prus (1847), Emil Ludwig (1881), B. Traven (1882), Władysław II the Exile (1105), and Zbigniew Boniek (1956). After him are Arnold Zweig (1887), Martin Agricola (1486), Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930), Alexander von Falkenhausen (1878), Johanna Schopenhauer (1766), and Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Poland

Among mathematicians born in Poland, Charles Proteus Steinmetz ranks 9. Before him are Leopold Kronecker (1823), Marian Rejewski (1905), Ernst Kummer (1810), Felix Hausdorff (1868), Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651), and Wacław Sierpiński (1882). After him are Hermann Schwarz (1843), Martin Kutta (1867), Hermann Grassmann (1809), Kazimierz Kuratowski (1896), Vitello (1230), and Hugo Steinhaus (1887).

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