MATHEMATICIAN

Gabriel Lamé

1795 - 1870

Photo of Gabriel Lamé

Icon of person Gabriel Lamé

Gabriel Lamé (22 July 1795 – 1 May 1870) was a French mathematician who contributed to the theory of partial differential equations by the use of curvilinear coordinates, and the mathematical theory of elasticity (for which linear elasticity and finite strain theory elaborate the mathematical abstractions). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gabriel Lamé is the 145th most popular mathematician (up from 193rd in 2019), the 1,010th most popular biography from France (up from 1,357th in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Mathematician.

Gabriel Lamé was a French mathematician who is most famous for his work in the theory of equations.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Gabriel Lamé by language

Loading...

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gabriel Lamé ranks 145 out of 1,004. Before him are Annie S. D. Maunder, Zu Chongzhi, Henri Lebesgue, Ferdinand von Lindemann, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, and John G. Kemeny. After him are George Pólya, Lars Ahlfors, Joseph Liouville, John Tate, Georg von Peuerbach, and Vincenzo Viviani.

Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Gabriel Lamé ranks 11. Before him are Anna Pavlovna of Russia, Thomas Carlyle, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Ernst Heinrich Weber, and Rowland Hill. After him are Antonio José de Sucre, Dingane kaSenzangakhona, Dred Scott, Saverio Mercadante, Ary Scheffer, and Alexander Griboyedov. Among people deceased in 1870, Gabriel Lamé ranks 12. Before him are Josef Strauss, Comte de Lautréamont, Alexander Herzen, Francisco Solano López, Ferdinand von Wrangel, and Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. After him are Saverio Mercadante, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Princess Louise of Prussia, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, Heinrich Gustav Magnus, and Victor Noir.

Others Born in 1795

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1870

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Gabriel Lamé ranks 1,010 out of 6,770. Before him are Eugène Scribe (1791), Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292), Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1725), Jacques Perrin (1941), Caterina Valente (1931), and Lili Boulanger (1893). After him are Maurice Halbwachs (1877), Chilperic I (539), Philippe de Vitry (1291), Roger Etchegaray (1922), Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), and Robert Doisneau (1912).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Gabriel Lamé ranks 31. Before him are Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788), Jacques Hadamard (1865), Maurice René Fréchet (1878), Charles Hermite (1822), Émile Borel (1871), and Henri Lebesgue (1875). After him are Joseph Liouville (1809), Michel Rolle (1652), Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749), Joseph Bertrand (1822), Jean-Pierre Serre (1926), and Étienne Bézout (1730).

French born Mathematicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous