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Hassler Whitney

1907 - 1989

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Hassler Whitney (March 23, 1907 – May 10, 1989) was an American mathematician. He was one of the founders of singularity theory, and did foundational work in manifolds, embeddings, immersions, characteristic classes and, geometric integration theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hassler Whitney is the 768th most popular mathematician (up from 779th in 2019), the 7,436th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,459th in 2019) and the 58th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Hassler Whitney ranks 768 out of 1,004. Before him are Harald Cramér, Ludwig Schlesinger, Hua Luogeng, Charles Howard Hinton, Maria Angela Ardinghelli, and Franz Mertens. After him are John Lennox, Paul Montel, Hans Lewy, Francesco Brioschi, Sergey Mergelyan, and Spiru Haret.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Hassler Whitney ranks 285. Before him are Henk Badings, Raymond Abellio, Melitta Brunner, Marie Jahoda, Seth Neddermeyer, and Eugène Guillevic. After him are Dan Duryea, Anthony Peter Khoraish, Roderich Menzel, Raúl Silva Henríquez, Alain Daniélou, and George Raynor. Among people deceased in 1989, Hassler Whitney ranks 219. Before him are Ernesto Formenti, Roy Eldridge, Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston, Federico Saiz, Manlio Di Rosa, and Erik Persson. After him are Leen Vente, Willie Steele, Ray McAnally, Frank Foss, Ödön Zombori, and Yannis Tsarouchis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hassler Whitney ranks 7,438 out of 20,380. Before him are Mary Ritter Beard (1876), Millie Perkins (1938), Ed Helms (1974), Jimmy Durante (1893), James Darren (1936), and Bill Smitrovich (1947). After him are George Ord (1781), Mary Watson Whitney (1847), Robert Durst (1943), Chris Wedge (1957), Joseph Sargent (1925), and Bobby Jones (1902).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Hassler Whitney ranks 58. Before him are Gladys West (1930), Solomon W. Golomb (1932), Gregory Chaitin (1947), Charles Fefferman (1949), David Gale (1921), and Curtis T. McMullen (1958). After him are Daniel Lewin (1970), Rudy Rucker (1946), Morris Kline (1908), Edward O. Thorp (1932), Douglas McIlroy (1932), and Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879).

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