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Gustav de Vries

1866 - 1934

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Gustav de Vries (22 January 1866 – 16 December 1934) was a Dutch mathematician, who is best remembered for his work on the Korteweg–de Vries equation with Diederik Korteweg. He was born on 22 January 1866 in Amsterdam, and studied at the University of Amsterdam with the distinguished physical chemist Johannes van der Waals and with Korteweg. While doing his doctoral research De Vries supported himself by teaching at the Royal Military Academy in Breda (1892-1893) and at the "cadettenschool" in Alkmaar (1893-1894). Under Korteweg's supervision De Vries completed his doctoral dissertation: Bijdrage tot de kennis der lange golven, (Contributions to the knowledge of long waves) Acad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustav de Vries is the 854th most popular mathematician (down from 714th in 2019), the 855th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 718th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Dutch Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gustav de Vries ranks 854 out of 1,004. Before him are Dmitri Anosov, Richard Rado, Øystein Ore, Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, Joseph Wedderburn, and Solomon Marcus. After him are Kātyāyana, Yury Osipov, Henri Padé, Richard Taylor, Yasumasa Kanada, and Richard K. Guy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Gustav de Vries ranks 143. Before him are Harry Davenport, Józef Pankiewicz, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, Ndre Mjeda, Matthew Henson, and George Milne, 1st Baron Milne. After him are Ernest Mangnall, Miina Sillanpää, Maud Gonne, Cornelia Sorabji, Johan Vaaler, and José María Caro Rodríguez. Among people deceased in 1934, Gustav de Vries ranks 150. Before him are Cass Gilbert, Frank J. Sprague, Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, Augusto Pestana, Lou Tellegen, and Arthur Schuster. After him are Leonid Sobinov, William H. Welch, Emiliano González Navero, Dukinfield Henry Scott, Júlia Lopes de Almeida, and Walther von Dyck.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gustav de Vries ranks 855 out of 1,646. Before him are Kees Verkerk (1942), Azra Akın (1981), Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh (1881), Pieter Huistra (1967), Hendrik Marsman (1899), and Ian Buruma (1951). After him are Jan Wienese (1942), Anton Pronk (1941), Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (1822), Regillio Simons (1973), Andries Jonker (1962), and Joris Mathijsen (1980).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Netherlands

Among mathematicians born in Netherlands, Gustav de Vries ranks 13. Before him are Auguste Kerckhoffs (1835), Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856), Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), Willem 's Gravesande (1688), Arend Heyting (1898), and Jacobus Golius (1596). After him are Diederik Korteweg (1848), and Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (1918).

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