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Emil Julius Gumbel

1891 - 1966

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Emil Julius Gumbel (18 July 1891, in Munich – 10 September 1966, in New York City) was a German mathematician and political writer. Gumbel specialised in mathematical statistics and, along with Leonard Tippett and Ronald Fisher, was instrumental in the development of extreme value theory, which has practical applications in many fields, including engineering and finance. In 1958, Gumbel published a key book, Statistics of Extremes, in which he derived and analyzed the probability distribution that is now known as the Gumbel distribution in his honor. In the 1920s and early 1930s, Gumbel was considered unusual and highly controversial in German academic circles for his vocal support of left-wing politics and pacifism, and his opposition to Fascism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emil Julius Gumbel is the 704th most popular mathematician (down from 576th in 2019), the 4,296th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,758th in 2019) and the 80th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Emil Julius Gumbel ranks 704 out of 1,004. Before him are Carl Størmer, Svetlana Gannushkina, Daniel Quillen, Joseph-Alfred Serret, Benjamin Robins, and Sylvestre François Lacroix. After him are Jacobus Golius, Gladys West, Claude Chevalley, Federigo Enriques, Nikoloz Muskhelishvili, and Axel Thue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Emil Julius Gumbel ranks 199. Before him are Oreste Puliti, Zoltán Mechlovits, Franz Babinger, Mary Browne, Alexander Gorbatov, and Anatoly Pepelyayev. After him are Eva Kotchever, Otilio Ulate Blanco, Mae Busch, Nikoloz Muskhelishvili, Karl Allmendinger, and Ernest Leonard Johnson. Among people deceased in 1966, Emil Julius Gumbel ranks 154. Before him are Vladimir Veksler, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Ed Wynn, Yuri Shaporin, and Clifton Webb. After him are Hilde Schrader, Sofya Yanovskaya, Pablo Birger, Erwin Komenda, Gösta Olson, and René Barbier.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Emil Julius Gumbel ranks 4,298 out of 7,253. Before him are Julius Friedrich Cohnheim (1839), Ferdinand Keller (1842), Hugo Strauß (1907), Martina Gedeck (1961), Reinhard Mohn (1921), and Marc Forster (1969). After him are Wilhelm Bauer (1822), Hilde Schrader (1910), Stefan Kuntz (1962), Elisabeth Langgässer (1899), Erika Böhm-Vitense (1923), and Gotthard Handrick (1908).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Emil Julius Gumbel ranks 80. Before him are Grete Hermann (1901), Ludwig Bieberbach (1886), Michael Artin (1934), Johann Schreck (1576), Johann Karl Burckhardt (1773), and Karl Georg Christian von Staudt (1798). After him are Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt (1854), Heinz Prüfer (1896), Fritz Noether (1884), Wilhelm Killing (1847), Leonard Nelson (1882), and Carl Hindenburg (1741).

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