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Gottlob Frege

1848 - 1925

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Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege (; German: [ˈɡɔtloːp ˈfreːɡə]; 8 November 1848 – 26 July 1925) was a German philosopher, logician, and mathematician. He was a mathematics professor at the University of Jena, and is understood by many to be the father of analytic philosophy, concentrating on the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics. Though he was largely ignored during his lifetime, Giuseppe Peano (1858–1932), Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), and, to some extent, Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) introduced his work to later generations of philosophers. Frege is widely considered to be the greatest logician since Aristotle, and one of the most profound philosophers of mathematics ever. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gottlob Frege is the 46th most popular mathematician (down from 41st in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Germany (down from 196th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Mathematician.

Gottlob Frege was a German mathematician and philosopher. He is most famous for his work in logic and the philosophy of language.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gottlob Frege ranks 46 out of 1,004. Before him are John Napier, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Eudoxus of Cnidus, Johann Bernoulli, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, and Al-Battani. After him are Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Urbain Le Verrier, Emmy Noether, George Boole, Abraham de Moivre, and Archytas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Gottlob Frege ranks 4. Before him are Paul Gauguin, Octave Mirbeau, and Vilfredo Pareto. After him are Raja Ravi Varma, Otto of Bavaria, Johann Palisa, Otto Lilienthal, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Gustave Caillebotte, Hugo de Vries, and Helmuth von Moltke the Younger. Among people deceased in 1925, Gottlob Frege ranks 5. Before him are Sun Yat-sen, Rudolf Steiner, Erik Satie, and Friedrich Ebert. After him are Alexandra of Denmark, Maria Sophie of Bavaria, William Jennings Bryan, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Georgy Lvov, Johann Palisa, and Sergei Yesenin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gottlob Frege ranks 205 out of 7,253. Before him are Jupp Heynckes (1945), Walter Model (1891), Nico (1938), Erich Raeder (1876), Frederick Trump (1869), and Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756). After him are Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808), Hans Zimmer (1957), Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), Johannes Stark (1874), Hans Lippershey (1570), and Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Gottlob Frege ranks 5. Before him are Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646), Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777), Bernhard Riemann (1826), and Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805). After him are Emmy Noether (1882), August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), Friedrich Bessel (1784), Karl Weierstrass (1815), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), Richard Dedekind (1831), and Regiomontanus (1436).

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