MATHEMATICIAN

Egon Pearson

1895 - 1980

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Egon Sharpe Pearson (11 August 1895 – 12 June 1980) was one of three children of Karl Pearson and Maria, née Sharpe, and, like his father, a British statistician. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Egon Pearson is the 682nd most popular mathematician (down from 531st in 2019), the 3,268th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,453rd in 2019) and the 72nd most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Egon Pearson ranks 682 out of 1,004. Before him are Arend Heyting, John Hadley, Jean Bourgain, Thoralf Skolem, Julius Petersen, and Nilakantha Somayaji. After him are Edmond Laguerre, Johann Karl Burckhardt, Ken Ribet, Friedrich Waismann, Roy Kerr, and Jerzy Różycki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Egon Pearson ranks 196. Before him are Erich Buschenhagen, Josef Uridil, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, José Díaz, William Gilmore, and Titsian Tabidze. After him are Giuseppe Bottai, Ruth Fischer, Hans Rosbaud, Ayna Sultanova, Yellapragada Subbarow, and Bert Lahr. Among people deceased in 1980, Egon Pearson ranks 184. Before him are Paavo Yrjölä, Vasja Pirc, Gerhard von Schwerin, Lado Gudiashvili, Boris Kaufman, and Arend Heyting. After him are Simonne Mathieu, Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Frank Wykoff, Gaetano Belloni, George Pal, and Juan García Oliver.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Egon Pearson ranks 3,269 out of 8,785. Before him are Gary Barlow (1971), Leo G. Carroll (1886), Bill Ivy (1942), Sue Townsend (1946), Madeleine Carroll (1906), and William Thoms (1803). After him are Adrian Paul (1959), Maxim (1967), William Sterndale Bennett (1816), Norman Read (1931), John Peel (1939), and Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Egon Pearson ranks 72. Before him are Douglas Hartree (1897), John Playfair (1748), Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (1907), William Burnside (1852), Robert Simson (1687), and John Hadley (1682). After him are Paul Bernays (1888), Benjamin Robins (1707), John Cairncross (1913), David Cox (1924), Max Newman (1897), and William Hopkins (1793).

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