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Hugo Steinhaus

1887 - 1972

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Hugo Dyonizy Steinhaus (English: HYOO-goh STYNE-howss, Polish: [ˈxuɡɔ ˈʂtajnxaws]; 14 January 1887 – 25 February 1972) was a Polish mathematician and educator. Steinhaus obtained his PhD under David Hilbert at Göttingen University in 1911 and later became a professor at the Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine), where he helped establish what later became known as the Lwów School of Mathematics. He is credited with "discovering" mathematician Stefan Banach, with whom he gave a notable contribution to functional analysis through the Banach–Steinhaus theorem. After World War II Steinhaus played an important part in the establishment of the mathematics department at Wrocław University and in the revival of Polish mathematics from the destruction of the war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Steinhaus is the 292nd most popular mathematician (down from 257th in 2019), the 350th most popular biography from Poland (up from 359th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Polish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Hugo Steinhaus ranks 292 out of 1,004. Before him are Gemma Frisius, Seki Takakazu, Al-Karaji, Atle Selberg, John G. Thompson, and Edmund Landau. After him are Pierre Deligne, Adolf Hurwitz, Jesse Douglas, Shing-Tung Yau, Abraham Zacuto, and Oronce Finé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Hugo Steinhaus ranks 77. Before him are Hermine Reuss of Greiz, Conrad Hilton, Marcus Garvey, Paul Wittgenstein, Ernst Hanfstaengl, and Tetsu Katayama. After him are Raoul Walsh, Simko Shikak, Vasily Chapayev, Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg, Kazimierz Fajans, and Hitoshi Ashida. Among people deceased in 1972, Hugo Steinhaus ranks 61. Before him are Ettore Bastico, Mahalia Jackson, Hans Scharoun, Karl Silberbauer, S. R. Ranganathan, and Clara Campoamor. After him are Jules Romains, Henry de Montherlant, Aspasia Manos, Frans Masereel, Matvei Zakharov, and Arnold Jackson.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Hugo Steinhaus ranks 350 out of 1,694. Before him are Hans Jeschonnek (1899), Alfred Flatow (1869), Wojciech Szczęsny (1990), Moïse Kisling (1891), Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (1797), and Martin Opitz (1597). After him are Chaïm Perelman (1912), Lukas Podolski (1985), Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (1699), Józef Cyrankiewicz (1911), Muazzez Sultan (1628), and Henry the Bearded (1163).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Poland

Among mathematicians born in Poland, Hugo Steinhaus ranks 15. Before him are Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865), Hermann Schwarz (1843), Martin Kutta (1867), Hermann Grassmann (1809), Kazimierz Kuratowski (1896), and Vitello (1230). After him are Alfred Korzybski (1879), Richard Courant (1888), Klaus Roth (1925), Michael O. Rabin (1931), Lazarus Fuchs (1833), and Abraham Robinson (1918).

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