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Hermann Weyl

1885 - 1955

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Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl (; German: [vaɪl]; 9 November 1885 – 8 December 1955) was a German mathematician, theoretical physicist, logician and philosopher. Although much of his working life was spent in Zürich, Switzerland, and then Princeton, New Jersey, he is associated with the University of Göttingen tradition of mathematics, represented by Carl Friedrich Gauss, David Hilbert and Hermann Minkowski. His research has had major significance for theoretical physics as well as purely mathematical disciplines such as number theory. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century, and an important member of the Institute for Advanced Study during its early years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Weyl is the 137th most popular mathematician (down from 124th in 2019), the 781st most popular biography from Germany (down from 767th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Mathematician.

Hermann Weyl is most famous for his theory of relativity and his work in mathematical physics.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Hermann Weyl ranks 137 out of 1,004. Before him are Charles Hermite, Émile Borel, Theon of Alexandria, Andrew Wiles, Meton of Athens, and Liu Hui. After him are Hermann of Reichenau, Annie S. D. Maunder, Zu Chongzhi, Henri Lebesgue, Ferdinand von Lindemann, and Mikhail Ostrogradsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Hermann Weyl ranks 36. Before him are Yakov Sverdlov, George Minot, Sabina Spielrein, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Karl Radek, and Sinclair Lewis. After him are Alexander Löhr, Hugo Sperrle, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Erich von Stroheim, Tamara Karsavina, and Giacomo Matteotti. Among people deceased in 1955, Hermann Weyl ranks 26. Before him are George Enescu, Pak Hon-yong, Vasily Blokhin, John Mott, Calouste Gulbenkian, and Carmen Miranda. After him are Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein, Michael Chekhov, Mihály Károlyi, Leonid Govorov, and Major Ritchie.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Weyl ranks 781 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784), Thomas Anders (1963), Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1570), Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801), Kurt Koffka (1886), and Johann Martin Schleyer (1831). After him are Achim von Arnim (1781), Artur Axmann (1913), Paul Reuter (1816), Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780), Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707), and Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Hermann Weyl ranks 18. Before him are Regiomontanus (1436), Alexander Grothendieck (1928), Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804), Felix Klein (1849), Christopher Clavius (1538), and Andrew Wiles (1953). After him are Hermann of Reichenau (1013), Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852), Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856), Johannes Trithemius (1462), Ernst Schröder (1841), and Maria Reiche (1903).

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