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Joseph Wedderburn

1882 - 1948

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Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn FRSE FRS (2 February 1882 – 9 October 1948) was a Scottish mathematician, who taught at Princeton University for most of his career. A significant algebraist, he proved that a finite division algebra is a field (Wedderburn's little theorem), and part of the Artin–Wedderburn theorem on simple algebras. He also worked on group theory and matrix algebra. His younger brother was the lawyer Ernest Wedderburn. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Wedderburn is the 852nd most popular mathematician (up from 914th in 2019), the 4,552nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,221st in 2019) and the 91st most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Joseph Wedderburn ranks 852 out of 1,004. Before him are Laurent Lafforgue, Nikolai Bugaev, Dmitri Anosov, Richard Rado, Øystein Ore, and Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro. After him are Solomon Marcus, Gustav de Vries, Kātyāyana, Yury Osipov, Henri Padé, and Richard Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Joseph Wedderburn ranks 259. Before him are Herman Groman, Vladimir Dimitrov, Charles Devendeville, Max Hainle, Ion Agârbiceanu, and Sven Forssman. After him are Jimmy Hogan, Eric Gill, Mustafa Subhi, Henry J. Kaiser, George van Rossem, and Jaroslav Tuček. Among people deceased in 1948, Joseph Wedderburn ranks 173. Before him are Alice Salomon, István Barta, Wesley Clair Mitchell, Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha, Thomas Mofolo, and René Benjamin. After him are George Milne, 1st Baron Milne, Samuel P. Bush, George Mehnert, Vasily Kachalov, Elissa Landi, and Claude McKay.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Wedderburn ranks 4,553 out of 8,785. Before him are Gerry Hitchens (1934), Samantha Bond (1961), Barbara Burke (1917), John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (1431), Robbie Fowler (1975), and Deusdedit of Canterbury (600). After him are Sam Houser (1972), David Jason (1940), Henry Lincoln (1930), A. V. Dicey (1835), Martin Litchfield West (1937), and Samantha Morton (1977).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Joseph Wedderburn ranks 91. Before him are Frank Morley (1860), David Gregory (1659), Horace Lamb (1849), Mary Everest Boole (1832), William Henry Young (1863), and William Shanks (1812). After him are Richard Taylor (1962), Richard K. Guy (1916), I. J. Good (1916), James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (1848), Philip Hall (1904), and William Spottiswoode (1825).

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