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David Mumford

1937 - Today

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David Bryant Mumford (born 11 June 1937) is an American mathematician known for his work in algebraic geometry and then for research into vision and pattern theory. He won the Fields Medal and was a MacArthur Fellow. In 2010 he was awarded the National Medal of Science. He is currently a University Professor Emeritus in the Division of Applied Mathematics at Brown University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Mumford is the 527th most popular mathematician (down from 485th in 2019), the 2,529th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,261st in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, David Mumford ranks 527 out of 1,004. Before him are Ernest William Brown, Guðbrandur Þorláksson, Henri Brocard, Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Dennis Sullivan, and Nicolaus I Bernoulli. After him are Luis Caffarelli, George David Birkhoff, Julia Robinson, Arnaud Denjoy, Harold Jeffreys, and Richard E. Bellman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, David Mumford ranks 219. Before him are Judy Tegart-Dalton, Michael Sata, Barbara Babcock, Hiroshi Ninomiya, Ron Carter, and Nur Hassan Hussein. After him are Eduard Artemyev, George Zweig, Barbara Steele, Loretta Swit, Robert Ressler, and Joe Viterelli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Mumford ranks 2,530 out of 8,785. Before him are Sylvia Pankhurst (1882), Samuel Smiles (1812), Jamie Dornan (1982), Dodie Smith (1896), Frederick Guthrie (1833), and Nigel Hawthorne (1929). After him are Brian Naylor (1923), John William Draper (1811), Joseph Lancaster (1778), Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece (1968), Henry Maudslay (1771), and John Badham (1939).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, David Mumford ranks 57. Before him are W. V. D. Hodge (1903), James Stirling (1692), Ian Stewart (1945), William Kingdon Clifford (1845), Thomas Bradwardine (1300), and Ernest William Brown (1866). After him are Harold Jeffreys (1891), Edward Arthur Milne (1896), William Whiston (1667), Joseph Raphson (1648), Thomas Wright (1711), and Henry Dudeney (1857).

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