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Gerhard Gentzen

1909 - 1945

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Gerhard Karl Erich Gentzen (24 November 1909 – 4 August 1945) was a German mathematician and logician. He made major contributions to the foundations of mathematics, proof theory, especially on natural deduction and sequent calculus. He died of starvation in a Czech prison camp in Prague in 1945. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerhard Gentzen is the 429th most popular mathematician (down from 422nd in 2019), the 2,672nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,824th in 2019) and the 50th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gerhard Gentzen ranks 429 out of 1,004. Before him are Ignazio Danti, Alī ibn Ahmad al-Nasawī, Maryam Mirzakhani, Elwin Bruno Christoffel, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, and Yuri Manin. After him are William Thurston, Al-Mahani, Diocles, Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī, Heisuke Hironaka, and Giovanni Antonio Magini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Gerhard Gentzen ranks 127. Before him are Carl Gustaf von Rosen, Anthony Mamo, Ryszard Siwiec, Atsushi Nakajima, Barry Goldwater, and Gordon Bunshaft. After him are Morris Swadesh, André Cayatte, Dean Rusk, Milena Pavlović-Barili, Marie-Thérèse Walter, and Hendrik Casimir. Among people deceased in 1945, Gerhard Gentzen ranks 179. Before him are Prince Kan'in Kotohito, Maria Skobtsova, Duy Tân, Jambyl Jabayev, Matome Ugaki, and Henri Maspero. After him are Volin, Hannie Schaft, Hélène de Pourtalès, Adolf Bertram, Stamen Grigorov, and Alfred Meyer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerhard Gentzen ranks 2,673 out of 7,253. Before him are Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia (1907), Christian Otto Mohr (1835), Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz (1573), Heinz Hoffmann (1910), Ulric Neisser (1928), and Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1850). After him are Martin Gottfried Weiss (1905), Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania (1580), Fritz Busch (1890), Alexander Braun (1805), Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia (1714), and Heinrich Boie (1794).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Gerhard Gentzen ranks 50. Before him are Carl Ludwig Siegel (1896), Helmut Hasse (1898), Thomas Fincke (1561), Johann Benedict Listing (1808), Philipp Ludwig von Seidel (1821), and Elwin Bruno Christoffel (1829). After him are Johannes Werner (1468), Gerd Faltings (1954), Johann Friedrich Pfaff (1765), Abraham Fraenkel (1891), August Leopold Crelle (1780), and Hermann Hankel (1839).

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