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Henry Dudeney

1857 - 1930

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Henry Ernest Dudeney (10 April 1857 – 23 April 1930) was an English author and mathematician who specialised in logic puzzles and mathematical games. He is known as one of the foremost creators of mathematical puzzles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Dudeney is the 593rd most popular mathematician (up from 677th in 2019), the 2,848th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,157th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Henry Dudeney ranks 593 out of 1,004. Before him are Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, Lipót Fejér, Johann Radon, Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, Bernt Michael Holmboe, and Chen Jingrun. After him are Otto E. Neugebauer, Jean-Marie Duhamel, Giacomo F. Maraldi, Jai Singh II, Pierre Fatou, and Sydney Chapman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Henry Dudeney ranks 91. Before him are Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt, Gunnar Heiberg, Filippo Turati, Joseph Larmor, Gustave Lanson, and Friedrich von Ingenohl. After him are Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, Gabriela Zapolska, Otto Stapf, Shibli Nomani, Knut Ångström, and Fergus Suter. Among people deceased in 1930, Henry Dudeney ranks 75. Before him are Giuseppe Morello, Emmy Destinn, Oku Yasukata, Olena Pchilka, Glenn Curtiss, and Władysław Horodecki. After him are Carl Panzram, Launceston Elliot, Alexander Kutepov, Abram Arkhipov, Julio Romero de Torres, and Enrico Forlanini.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Dudeney ranks 2,849 out of 8,785. Before him are Maurice Evans (1901), Benjamin Jones (1882), William Cowper (1731), Christine Keeler (1942), Ruth Belville (1854), and Kevin McNally (1956). After him are Arthur Roche (1950), John Chadwick (1920), Lily Collins (1989), John McDonnell (1951), Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739), and Allen Jones (1937).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Dudeney ranks 63. Before him are David Mumford (1937), Harold Jeffreys (1891), Edward Arthur Milne (1896), William Whiston (1667), Joseph Raphson (1648), and Thomas Wright (1711). After him are Sydney Chapman (1888), James Ivory (1765), Douglas Hartree (1897), John Playfair (1748), Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (1907), and William Burnside (1852).

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