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James Lighthill

1924 - 1998

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Sir Michael James Lighthill (23 January 1924 – 17 July 1998) was a British applied mathematician, known for his pioneering work in the field of aeroacoustics and for writing the Lighthill report in 1973, which pessimistically stated that "In no part of the field (of AI) have the discoveries made so far produced the major impact that was then promised", contributing to the gloomy climate of AI winter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Lighthill is the 881st most popular mathematician (up from 899th in 2019), the 4,954th most popular biography from France (up from 5,081st in 2019) and the 111th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, James Lighthill ranks 881 out of 1,004. Before him are Michael Aschbacher, Andrzej Mostowski, Anatoly Maltsev, Ngô Bảo Châu, Garrett Birkhoff, and Kenneth Appel. After him are Adele Goldstine, Herman Chernoff, Juliusz Schauder, J. H. C. Whitehead, Robin Hartshorne, and Radhanath Sikdar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, James Lighthill ranks 430. Before him are Hubert Curien, Humberto Fernández-Morán, Arvo Viitanen, Maria Golubnichaya, Donald Richie, and Muhammad Osman Said. After him are Claude Netter, Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Scott Brady, Otis Spann, Leo Buscaglia, and Lucy Salani. Among people deceased in 1998, James Lighthill ranks 272. Before him are Ted Fujita, Elio Morille, Clark Clifford, Henry Spira, Givi Kartozia, and Max Streibl. After him are Anna J. Harrison, Duncan White, Leo Buscaglia, Fred Davis, René Ferrier, and Ricardo Tormo.

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In France

Among people born in France, James Lighthill ranks 4,954 out of 6,770. Before him are Fritz Keller (1913), Roger Gautier (1922), Benjamin Mendy (1994), Bruno Gollnisch (1950), Patrick Fiori (1969), and Annie Famose (1944). After him are Erick Mombaerts (1955), Laurent Jalabert (1968), Emmanuelle Bercot (1967), Henri Emmanuelli (1945), Marc Bouissou (1931), and Dominique Bathenay (1954).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, James Lighthill ranks 111. Before him are Cécile DeWitt-Morette (1922), Laurent Lafforgue (1966), Henri Padé (1863), Émile Léonard Mathieu (1835), Cédric Villani (1973), and Roger Apéry (1916). After him are Claire Voisin (1962), and Hugo Duminil-Copin (1985).

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