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Frank Adams

1930 - 1989

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John Frank Adams (5 November 1930 – 7 January 1989) was a British mathematician, one of the major contributors to homotopy theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Adams is the 974th most popular mathematician (down from 956th in 2019), the 6,268th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,905th in 2019) and the 114th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Frank Adams ranks 974 out of 1,004. Before him are Peter Scholze, Dusa McDuff, Leonid Levin, Richard Schoen, Grace Alele-Williams, and Satish Dhawan. After him are Eric W. Weisstein, Leonard Jimmie Savage, Philippa Fawcett, Graham Higman, Nathaniel Bowditch, and June Huh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Frank Adams ranks 629. Before him are Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar, Wayne Frye, Paul Horn, Don Edmunds, Robert Ashley, and Yuriy Tyukalov. After him are Leila Seth, Sally Ann Howes, K. Balachander, Joan Sims, Allison Hayes, and Timothy Findley. Among people deceased in 1989, Frank Adams ranks 295. Before him are Jimmy Murphy, May Allison, Lennox Berkeley, Prem Nazir, Shamil Serikov, and Jack Smith. After him are Thomas Sopwith, Frances Bavier, Andrey Prokofyev, Constance Binney, Timoci Bavadra, and Merritt Butrick.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frank Adams ranks 6,271 out of 8,785. Before him are Katie Price (1978), Brooklyn Beckham (1999), Leon Brittan (1939), Sara Ahmed (1969), C. H. Douglas (1879), Peter Serafinowicz (1972), and Stephen Hough (1961). After him are William Regal (1968), Peter Bowles (1936), Paul Green (1983), John Parr (1952), and Kirby Howell-Baptiste (1987).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Frank Adams ranks 114. Before him are Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912), Keith Devlin (1947), Timothy Gowers (1963), Simon Singh (1964), Ben Green (1977), and Dusa McDuff (1945). After him are Philippa Fawcett (1868), Graham Higman (1917), Marcus du Sautoy (1965), and Hannah Fry (1984).

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