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Frank P. Ramsey

1903 - 1930

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Frank Plumpton Ramsey (; 22 February 1903 – 19 January 1930) was a British philosopher, mathematician, and economist who made major contributions to all three fields before his death at the age of 26. He was a close friend of Ludwig Wittgenstein and, as an undergraduate, translated Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus into English. He was also influential in persuading Wittgenstein to return to philosophy and Cambridge. Like Wittgenstein, he was a member of the Cambridge Apostles, the secret intellectual society, from 1921. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank P. Ramsey is the 94th most popular mathematician (up from 340th in 2019), the 463rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,632nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among mathematicians, Frank P. Ramsey ranks 94 out of 1,004. Before him are John Couch Adams, Thomas Harriot, Stefan Banach, Christian Goldbach, Jim Simons, and Leopold Kronecker. After him are Joan Clarke, L. E. J. Brouwer, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Paul Erdős, and John Wallis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Frank P. Ramsey ranks 24. Before him are Vladimir Horowitz, Yasujirō Ozu, Marguerite Yourcenar, Tamam Shud case, Lars Onsager, and Kane Tanaka. After him are Hugo Theorell, Anaïs Nin, Mustafa Barzani, Karl Hanke, Rudolf Abel, and Nikolai Podgorny. Among people deceased in 1930, Frank P. Ramsey ranks 15. Before him are Fritz Pregl, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Christiaan Eijkman, William Howard Taft, Joan Gamper, and Lon Chaney. After him are Miguel Primo de Rivera, Cosima Wagner, Wilfrid Voynich, Victoria of Baden, Alfred von Tirpitz, and Horst Wessel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frank P. Ramsey ranks 463 out of 8,785. Before him are George Porter (1920), Nigel Mansell (1953), Richard Cromwell (1626), James Fox (1939), William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146), and Joseph Merrick (1862). After him are Joan Clarke (1917), Ken Miles (1918), Llywelyn the Great (1173), George Shaw (1751), G. K. Chesterton (1874), and Jasper Tudor (1431).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Frank P. Ramsey ranks 8. Before him are Bertrand Russell (1872), John Napier (1550), George Boole (1815), Alfred North Whitehead (1861), John Couch Adams (1819), and Thomas Harriot (1560). After him are Joan Clarke (1917), John Wallis (1616), George Green (1793), William Oughtred (1574), Isaac Barrow (1631), and G. H. Hardy (1877).

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