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J. H. C. Whitehead

1904 - 1960

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John Henry Constantine Whitehead FRS (11 November 1904 – 8 May 1960), known as "Henry", was a British mathematician and was one of the founders of homotopy theory. He was born in Chennai (then known as Madras), in India, and died in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. J. H. C. Whitehead is the 885th most popular mathematician (up from 920th in 2019), the 813th most popular biography from India (up from 866th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Indian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, J. H. C. Whitehead ranks 885 out of 1,004. Before him are Garrett Birkhoff, Kenneth Appel, James Lighthill, Adele Goldstine, Herman Chernoff, and Juliusz Schauder. After him are Robin Hartshorne, Radhanath Sikdar, Phillip Griffiths, Erna Schneider Hoover, Richard Brauer, and Andrei Okounkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, J. H. C. Whitehead ranks 306. Before him are Elissa Landi, Paul Mattick, Domingo García, Carleton S. Coon, Marcel Capelle, and Francis Tyler. After him are Lino Nessi, George Stibitz, Arthur F. Burns, Cemal Reşit Rey, Alfredo Sánchez, and Thawi Bunyaket. Among people deceased in 1960, J. H. C. Whitehead ranks 209. Before him are Karel Absolon, Buddy Adler, Arthur Legat, Horace Bailey, Aneurin Bevan, and Harry Blanchard. After him are Christopher Hornsrud, Dudley Nichols, Nils Widforss, John Rupert Firth, Otto Nilsson, and Liesl Karlstadt.

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In India

Among people born in India, J. H. C. Whitehead ranks 813 out of 1,861. Before him are Har Dayal (1884), Mohan Bhagwat (1950), Anita Desai (1937), Yogi Adityanath (1972), Sachin Tendulkar (1973), and S. M. Krishna (1932). After him are Sudeep (1973), Vijay Mallya (1955), Radhanath Sikdar (1813), Jagjit Singh (1941), Cornelia Sorabji (1866), and P. T. Usha (1964).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In India

Among mathematicians born in India, J. H. C. Whitehead ranks 15. Before him are Jai Singh II (1688), Sulochana Gadgil (1944), Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (1940), Harish-Chandra (1923), and Kātyāyana (-200). After him are Radhanath Sikdar (1813), Bhama Srinivasan (1935), Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar (1930), Raman Parimala (1948), and Akshay Venkatesh (1981).

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