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John Tate

1925 - 2019

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John Torrence Tate Jr. (March 13, 1925 – October 16, 2019) was an American mathematician distinguished for many fundamental contributions in algebraic number theory, arithmetic geometry, and related areas in algebraic geometry. He was awarded the Abel Prize in 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Tate is the 149th most popular mathematician (up from 549th in 2019), the 1,218th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,533rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John Tate ranks 149 out of 1,004. Before him are Mikhail Ostrogradsky, John G. Kemeny, Gabriel Lamé, George Pólya, Lars Ahlfors, and Joseph Liouville. After him are Georg von Peuerbach, Vincenzo Viviani, Marian Rejewski, Andrey Markov, Colin Maclaurin, and Michel Rolle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, John Tate ranks 67. Before him are Ieng Sary, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Bill Gates Sr., Andrea Camilleri, Robert Venturi, and Oliver Smithies. After him are Wong Fei-hung, Jean Tinguely, Michael Halliday, Joshua Lederberg, Frei Otto, and Tom Gehrels. Among people deceased in 2019, John Tate ranks 52. Before him are Lee Radziwill, Marie Laforêt, Sydney Brenner, Andrea Camilleri, Giya Kancheli, and Roger Etchegaray. After him are John Robert Schrieffer, Ágnes Heller, Lennart Johansson, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Godfried Danneels, and Sigmund Jähn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Tate ranks 1,218 out of 20,380. Before him are Marco Rubio (1971), Robert Venturi (1925), Linda Hunt (1945), Gerald Edelman (1929), Mark Milley (1958), and Paul Lauterbur (1929). After him are Bette Midler (1945), Kirstie Alley (1951), Murray Rothbard (1926), Colin Powell (1937), Roberta Flack (1937), and Stephen Covey (1932).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, John Tate ranks 9. Before him are Norbert Wiener (1894), Katherine Johnson (1918), Herbert A. Hauptman (1917), Jim Simons (1938), Claude Shannon (1916), and Paul Cohen (1934). After him are Mary Jackson (1921), Edward Norton Lorenz (1917), Alonzo Church (1903), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), Richard S. Hamilton (1943), and Lloyd Shapley (1923).

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