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John Edensor Littlewood

1885 - 1977

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John Edensor Littlewood (9 June 1885 – 6 September 1977) was a British mathematician. He worked on topics relating to analysis, number theory, and differential equations and had lengthy collaborations with G. H. Hardy, Srinivasa Ramanujan and Mary Cartwright. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Edensor Littlewood is the 360th most popular mathematician (down from 283rd in 2019), the 1,756th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,361st in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Mathematician.

John Edensor Littlewood is most famous for his work in mathematics. He is most well known for his contributions to the theory of prime numbers.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John Edensor Littlewood ranks 360 out of 1,004. Before him are Liu Xin, Caspar Wessel, Al-Sijzi, Paul Neményi, Nicholas Mercator, and Francesco Maurolico. After him are George Peacock, John Graunt, Paul Émile Appell, Otto Hesse, Alfred J. Lotka, and Shiing-Shen Chern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, John Edensor Littlewood ranks 80. Before him are Egon Kisch, Lilly Reich, Soemu Toyoda, Khải Định, Viggo Brun, and Nikolai Krylenko. After him are Paul von Hase, Aleksandras Stulginskis, Dora Pejačević, Lev Rudnev, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Agustín Barrios. Among people deceased in 1977, John Edensor Littlewood ranks 75. Before him are Paul Desmond, Bruno Streckenbach, Prince Charles of Luxembourg, Jean Duvieusart, Nathan Homer Knorr, and Zózimo. After him are Džemal Bijedić, Sid Atkinson, Oskar Klein, Carlo Biotti, Edmond Hamilton, and Nicolae Kovács.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Edensor Littlewood ranks 1,756 out of 8,785. Before him are Elsa Lanchester (1902), Michael Ventris (1922), Robert Southey (1774), Elizabeth Hurley (1965), George Meredith (1828), and P. F. Strawson (1919). After him are Vidal Sassoon (1928), Jeffrey Archer (1940), Roger Fenton (1819), James Bruce (1730), Donald Crisp (1882), and George Peacock (1791).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, John Edensor Littlewood ranks 37. Before him are Robert Recorde (1512), Alan Baker (1939), George Atwood (1745), John Horton Conway (1937), John Wilkins (1614), and Edward Waring (1736). After him are George Peacock (1791), John Graunt (1620), Thomas Heath (1861), Thomas Simpson (1710), William George Horner (1786), and Peter Barlow (1776).

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