MATHEMATICIAN

Claude Chevalley

1909 - 1984

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Claude Chevalley (French: [ʃəvalɛ]; 11 February 1909 – 28 June 1984) was a French mathematician who made important contributions to number theory, algebraic geometry, class field theory, finite group theory and the theory of algebraic groups. He was a founding member of the Bourbaki group. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Chevalley is the 707th most popular mathematician (down from 642nd in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 86th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Claude Chevalley ranks 707 out of 1,004. Before him are Joseph-Alfred Serret, Benjamin Robins, Sylvestre François Lacroix, Emil Julius Gumbel, Jacobus Golius, and Gladys West. After him are Federigo Enriques, Nikoloz Muskhelishvili, Axel Thue, Vladimir Levenshtein, Sofya Yanovskaya, and Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Claude Chevalley ranks 257. Before him are Sven Jonasson, Shura Cherkassky, Bernabé Ferreyra, Eudora Welty, Ciro Alegría, and Gheorghe Albu. After him are Song Renqiong, Estella Agsteribbe, Arthur Machado, Juan Carreño, Balamani Amma, and David Murray. Among people deceased in 1984, Claude Chevalley ranks 159. Before him are Aldo Donati, Víctor Avendaño, Peter Walker, Sven Jonasson, Flora Robson, and Carl Joachim Friedrich. After him are Gaëtan Dugas, Jackie Wilson, Pierre Emmanuel, Tommy Cooper, Martín Marculeta, and Fedir Bohatyrchuk.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Claude Chevalley ranks 103 out of 454. Before him are Piet Retief (1780), Koos de la Rey (1847), Julius Malema (1981), Bruce Grobbelaar (1957), Renée Schuurman (1939), and Jamie Uys (1921). After him are Hugh Masekela (1939), Ernest Leonard Johnson (1891), Alfred Swift (1931), Oscar Pistorius (1986), Max Gluckman (1911), and Alan Paton (1903).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In South Africa

Among mathematicians born in South Africa, Claude Chevalley ranks 2. Before him are Seymour Papert (1928). After him are Richard Borcherds (1959), Peter Sarnak (1953), and Stanley Skewes (1899).

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