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Ion Barbu

1895 - 1961

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Ion Barbu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon ˈbarbu], pen name of Dan Barbilian; 18 March 1895 –11 August 1961) was a Romanian mathematician and poet. His name is associated with the Mathematics Subject Classification number 51C05, which is a major posthumous recognition reserved only to pioneers of investigations in an area of mathematical inquiry. As a poet, he is known for his volume Joc secund ("Mirrored Play"), in which he sought to fulfill his vision of a poetry which adhered to the same virtues that he found in mathematics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ion Barbu is the 753rd most popular mathematician (down from 715th in 2019), the 360th most popular biography from Romania (down from 344th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Romanian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Ion Barbu ranks 753 out of 1,004. Before him are Stanisław Mazur, Giuseppe Veronese, Guido Castelnuovo, Leonard Nelson, Mikhail Lavrentyev, and Maxim Kontsevich. After him are Carl Hindenburg, Szolem Mandelbrojt, Johann Faulhaber, Saharon Shelah, Victor Puiseux, and Curtis T. McMullen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Ion Barbu ranks 226. Before him are Louis Calhern, Henry Gunther, Luigi Cevenini, Jan Burgers, Andreo Cseh, and Ben Sharpsteen. After him are Béla Illés, André Gaboriaud, Jack Northrop, Ali Mansur, Olga Spessivtseva, and Ernie Collett. Among people deceased in 1961, Ion Barbu ranks 149. Before him are Mazo de la Roche, Romeo Neri, Percy Grainger, Clarence Pinkston, Dun Karm Psaila, and Ben Adams. After him are Eduard Tisse, František Drtikol, Victor d'Arcy, Jānis Endzelīns, Govind Ballabh Pant, and Guy de Luget.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ion Barbu ranks 360 out of 844. Before him are Ștefan Luchian (1868), Andreo Cseh (1895), Constantin Angelescu (1869), Ion Bogdan (1915), Petre P. Carp (1837), and Andrei Mureșanu (1816). After him are Ștefan Birtalan (1948), Gáspár Heltai (1510), Cosmin Olăroiu (1969), Neagu Djuvara (1916), C. A. Rosetti (1816), and Rudolf Bürger (1908).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Romania

Among mathematicians born in Romania, Ion Barbu ranks 6. Before him are János Bolyai (1802), Zoia Ceaușescu (1949), Farkas Bolyai (1775), Abraham Wald (1902), and Ion Ghica (1816). After him are Spiru Haret (1851), George Lusztig (1946), Grigore Moisil (1906), and Solomon Marcus (1925).

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