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Gladys West

1930 - Today

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Gladys Mae West (née Brown; born October 27, 1930) is an American mathematician. She is known for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, that were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS). West was inducted into the United States Air Force Hall of Fame in 2018. West was awarded the Webby Lifetime Achievement Award for the development of satellite geodesy models. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gladys West is the 706th most popular mathematician (up from 753rd in 2019), the 6,478th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,956th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gladys West ranks 706 out of 1,004. Before her are Daniel Quillen, Joseph-Alfred Serret, Benjamin Robins, Sylvestre François Lacroix, Emil Julius Gumbel, and Jacobus Golius. After her are Claude Chevalley, Federigo Enriques, Nikoloz Muskhelishvili, Axel Thue, Vladimir Levenshtein, and Sofya Yanovskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Gladys West ranks 371. Before her are Mate Trojanović, Edgar Basel, Frances Sternhagen, Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Clarke Scholes, and Heinz Kubsch. After her are Choe Thae-bok, Bobby Bland, Malcolm Fraser, FM-2030, Jacques Tits, and Marco Pannella.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gladys West ranks 6,479 out of 20,380. Before her are Richard Petty (1937), Jean Hagen (1923), Ruby Dee (1922), Kristen Wiig (1973), Norah Jones (1979), and Kvitka Cisyk (1953). After her are Ann Dowd (1956), Moses Gunn (1929), Gayle Rubin (1949), Tom Welling (1977), Jerry Sloan (1942), and Jim Steinman (1947).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Gladys West ranks 52. Before her are Oswald Veblen (1880), Richard Montague (1930), Harold Hotelling (1895), Ken Ribet (1948), Joseph Keller (1923), and Daniel Quillen (1940). After her are Solomon W. Golomb (1932), Gregory Chaitin (1947), Charles Fefferman (1949), David Gale (1921), Curtis T. McMullen (1958), and Hassler Whitney (1907).

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