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Julius Petersen

1839 - 1910

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Julius Peter Christian Petersen (16 June 1839 in Sorø, West Zealand – 5 August 1910 in Copenhagen) was a Danish mathematician. His contributions to the field of mathematics led to the birth of graph theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julius Petersen is the 680th most popular mathematician (down from 606th in 2019), the 417th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 389th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Danish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Julius Petersen ranks 680 out of 1,004. Before him are Jan Śniadecki, Pierre-Louis Lions, Arend Heyting, John Hadley, Jean Bourgain, and Thoralf Skolem. After him are Nilakantha Somayaji, Egon Pearson, Edmond Laguerre, Johann Karl Burckhardt, Ken Ribet, and Friedrich Waismann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Julius Petersen ranks 74. Before him are Luigi Capuana, Friedrich Gernsheim, Nelson A. Miles, Pavlo Chubynsky, Albert Bernhard Frank, and Caterina Volpicelli. After him are Calixto García, Julius Friedrich Cohnheim, Aleksandr Stoletov, Nicolás de Piérola, Almon Brown Strowger, and Ludwig Mond. Among people deceased in 1910, Julius Petersen ranks 78. Before him are Fredrik von Otter, Knut Ångström, Julien Dupré, Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen, Emil Zuckerkandl, and Tarabai Shinde. After him are Hugo Erdmann, Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi, Giovanni Passannante, Albert Nasse, Stamatios Nikolopoulos, and Louis Henri Boussenard.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Julius Petersen ranks 417 out of 1,032. Before him are Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1794), Gøsta Esping-Andersen (1947), Ellen Osiier (1890), Karl Aage Præst (1922), Harald Hansen (1884), and Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789). After him are Nikolaj Lie Kaas (1973), Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791), L. A. Ring (1854), Harald Høffding (1843), Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg (1815), and Mogens Lykketoft (1946).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Denmark

Among mathematicians born in Denmark, Julius Petersen ranks 6. Before him are Harald Bohr (1887), Piet Hein (1905), Georg Mohr (1640), Johan Jensen (1859), and Agner Krarup Erlang (1878). After him are Jørgen Pedersen Gram (1850), and Poul Heegaard (1871).

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