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George Pólya

1887 - 1985

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George Pólya (; Hungarian: Pólya György [ˈpoːjɒ ˈɟørɟ]; December 13, 1887 – September 7, 1985) was a Hungarian-American mathematician. He was a professor of mathematics from 1914 to 1940 at ETH Zürich and from 1940 to 1953 at Stanford University. He made fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory. He is also noted for his work in heuristics and mathematics education. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Pólya is the 146th most popular mathematician (up from 166th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 110th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Hungarian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, George Pólya ranks 146 out of 1,004. Before her are Zu Chongzhi, Henri Lebesgue, Ferdinand von Lindemann, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, John G. Kemeny, and Gabriel Lamé. After her are Lars Ahlfors, Joseph Liouville, John Tate, Georg von Peuerbach, Vincenzo Viviani, and Marian Rejewski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, George Pólya ranks 42. Before her are Lothar Rendulic, Alvin York, Alexander Archipenko, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Erich Mendelsohn, and Kurt Schwitters. After her are René Cassin, John Reed, Emilio Mola, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Harald Bohr, and Violet Jessop. Among people deceased in 1985, George Pólya ranks 30. Before her are Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Kim Yong-sik, Anne Baxter, Ferhat Abbas, John Franklin Enders, and Elsa Morante. After her are Emil Gilels, Tjalling Koopmans, Margaret Mahler, Tancredo Neves, James Hadley Chase, and Robert Graves.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, George Pólya ranks 103 out of 1,077. Before her are József Mindszenty (1892), Theodore von Kármán (1881), Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917), Zoltán Czibor (1929), John G. Kemeny (1926), and Samuel Aba (990). After her are Pál Teleki (1879), Loránd Eötvös (1848), Peter Lax (1926), György Cziffra (1921), Stephen IV of Hungary (1133), and László Sólyom (1942).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Hungary

Among mathematicians born in Hungary, George Pólya ranks 4. Before her are John von Neumann (1903), Paul Erdős (1913), and John G. Kemeny (1926). After her are Peter Lax (1926), Marcel Grossmann (1878), Rudolf E. Kálmán (1930), Klára Dán von Neumann (1911), László Lovász (1948), Frigyes Riesz (1880), Paul Halmos (1916), and Endre Szemerédi (1940).

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