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Joseph Keller

1923 - 2016

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Joseph Bishop Keller (July 31, 1923 – September 7, 2016) was an American mathematician who specialized in applied mathematics. He was best known for his work on the "geometrical theory of diffraction" (GTD). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Joseph Keller is the 696th most popular mathematician (up from 785th in 2024), the 6,320th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,512th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Joseph Keller ranks 696 out of 1,004. Before him are Marie-Jeanne de Lalande, Helena Rasiowa, William Kahan, Karl Georg Christian von Staudt, Charles Dupin, and Avi Wigderson. After him are Paul Bernays, Elias M. Stein, Carl Størmer, Svetlana Gannushkina, Daniel Quillen, and Joseph-Alfred Serret.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Joseph Keller ranks 263. Before him are Ivan Gubijan, Sara Lidman, François Cavanna, Israel Gutman, Jacob Taubes, and Ellsworth Kelly. After him are Rudolf Augstein, Louise Brough, Bryce DeWitt, Alice Coachman, Henryk Gulbinowicz, and Juvenal Amarijo. Among people deceased in 2016, Joseph Keller ranks 293. Before him are Turgay Şeren, Paul Bley, Harry Wu, Doreen Massey, Tarık Akan, and Leon Russell. After him are Robert Fano, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Phyllis Schlafly, Miriam Defensor Santiago, Charmian Carr, and Alan Young.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Keller ranks 6,322 out of 20,380. Before him are Louis C.K. (1967), Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826), Nate Diaz (1985), Huell Howser (1945), Jon Brion (1963), Lupe Ontiveros (1942), and Edie Falco (1963). After him are Carmen Barth (1912), Caroline Smith (1906), Anne Tyler (1941), Grant Green (1935), and Carl Scarborough (1914).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Joseph Keller ranks 50. Before him are Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874), Haskell Curry (1900), Oswald Veblen (1880), Richard Montague (1930), Harold Hotelling (1895), and Ken Ribet (1948). After him are Daniel Quillen (1940), Gladys West (1930), Solomon W. Golomb (1932), Gregory Chaitin (1947), Charles Fefferman (1949), and David Gale (1921).

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