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Jacques Herbrand

1908 - 1931

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Jacques Herbrand (12 February 1908 – 27 July 1931) was a French mathematician. Although he died at age 23, he was already considered one of "the greatest mathematicians of the younger generation" by his professors Helmut Hasse and Richard Courant. He worked in mathematical logic and class field theory. He introduced recursive functions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Herbrand is the 602nd most popular mathematician (down from 551st in 2019), the 3,652nd most popular biography from France (down from 3,591st in 2019) and the 89th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jacques Herbrand ranks 602 out of 1,004. Before him are Giacomo F. Maraldi, Jai Singh II, Pierre Fatou, Sydney Chapman, Arthur Moritz Schoenflies, and Carl Adam Petri. After him are Saunders Mac Lane, Boris Delaunay, Efim Zelmanov, Nicomedes, Jürgen Moser, and Sulochana Gadgil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Jacques Herbrand ranks 195. Before him are Jorge Oteiza, Boris Polevoy, Erik Lundqvist, Karl Hohmann, Juan Botasso, and Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev. After him are Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, Thurgood Marshall, Ethel Merman, Anna Sipos, Władysław Raginis, and Marcel Langiller. Among people deceased in 1931, Jacques Herbrand ranks 85. Before him are Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, Louis Dollo, Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, James Neill, and Alwin Berger. After him are Selma Rıza, Mammad Hasan Hajinski, Teresa Claramunt Creus, Tommaso Tittoni, Buddy Bolden, and Constantin von Economo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Herbrand ranks 3,652 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (1674), Charles Dancla (1817), Christian Marin (1929), Marc Riboud (1923), Henri Laurent (1881), and Pierre Étaix (1928). After him are Charles Renard (1847), Edmond de Sélys Longchamps (1813), Louis-Marie Billé (1938), Jules Émile Planchon (1823), Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883), and Maurice Feltin (1883).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Jacques Herbrand ranks 89. Before him are Jean-Étienne Montucla (1725), Johannes de Muris (1290), Jacques Pelletier du Mans (1517), Joseph Valentin Boussinesq (1842), Jean-Marie Duhamel (1797), and Pierre Fatou (1878). After him are Marc-Antoine Parseval (1755), René de Saussure (1868), Serge Lang (1927), Jean Frédéric Frenet (1816), Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (1957), and Louis Bachelier (1870).

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