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James Waddell Alexander II

1888 - 1971

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James Waddell Alexander II (September 19, 1888 – September 23, 1971) was a mathematician and topologist of the pre-World War II era and part of an influential Princeton topology elite, which included Oswald Veblen, Solomon Lefschetz, and others. He was one of the first members of the Institute for Advanced Study (1933–1951), and also a professor at Princeton University (1920–1951). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Waddell Alexander II is the 483rd most popular mathematician (up from 818th in 2019), the 4,021st most popular biography from United States (up from 8,032nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, James Waddell Alexander II ranks 483 out of 1,004. Before him are Al-Samawal al-Maghribi, Karl Mollweide, Kurt Hensel, Philipp Frank, Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq, and Bruno Abakanowicz. After him are Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, Whitfield Diffie, Guidobaldo del Monte, James Stirling, Albert Girard, and Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, James Waddell Alexander II ranks 112. Before him are Royal Rife, Grigori Sokolnikov, S. S. Van Dine, Harilal Gandhi, Carl Hilpert, and Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria. After him are Sophus Nielsen, Kaarel Eenpalu, Marcel L'Herbier, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Archduchess Isabella of Austria, and Josef Beran. Among people deceased in 1971, James Waddell Alexander II ranks 97. Before him are H. A. R. Gibb, Georgi Asparuhov, James Alberione, Mikhail Romm, Antonio Bacci, and Mikhail Yangel. After him are John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, Koichi Kudo, Fritz von Opel, Philo Farnsworth, Dimitrios Loundras, and Thomas E. Dewey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Waddell Alexander II ranks 4,021 out of 20,380. Before him are Maurice Hilleman (1919), Josh Hartnett (1978), Dita Von Teese (1972), Paul Rudd (1969), Aaron Paul (1979), and Horace Greeley (1811). After him are Edward Bellamy (1850), Richie Ginther (1930), Jessie Royce Landis (1896), Raymond Smith Dugan (1878), Charles Whitman (1941), and Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, James Waddell Alexander II ranks 29. Before him are Raymond Smullyan (1919), Marshall Harvey Stone (1903), Sal Khan (1976), Mitchell Feigenbaum (1944), William Thurston (1946), and Sam Loyd (1841). After him are Whitfield Diffie (1944), Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), Richard Hamming (1915), Dennis Sullivan (1941), George David Birkhoff (1884), and Julia Robinson (1919).

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