MATHEMATICIAN

Leo Königsberger

1837 - 1921

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Leo Königsberger (15 October 1837 – 15 December 1921) was a German mathematician, and historian of science. He is best known for his three-volume biography of Hermann von Helmholtz, which remains the standard reference on the subject. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leo Königsberger is the 778th most popular mathematician (down from 749th in 2019), the 1,026th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,005th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Polish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Leo Königsberger ranks 778 out of 1,004. Before him are Francesco Brioschi, Sergey Mergelyan, Spiru Haret, Christoph Gudermann, Jacques-Louis Lions, and Grace Chisholm Young. After him are Kenkichi Iwasawa, E. T. Whittaker, Nikolai Chebotaryov, Yuri Linnik, Frank Morley, and Giuseppe Vitali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Leo Königsberger ranks 97. Before him are Thomas Moran, Paul Gordan, Princess Leopoldine of Baden, Petre P. Carp, Juan Lindolfo Cuestas, and William Dean Howells. After him are Pedro Varela, Karl Mauch, Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau, Carl Koldewey, Theodor Rosetti, and Altaf Hussain Hali. Among people deceased in 1921, Leo Königsberger ranks 114. Before him are Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Ludwig Knorr, Julius von Hann, Rafael Reyes, Mary Watson Whitney, and Jean Aicard. After him are Léon Moreaux, Oswald Schmiedeberg, Ludwig Thoma, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Nino Martoglio, and Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Leo Königsberger ranks 1,026 out of 1,694. Before him are Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (1912), Georg Sterzinsky (1936), Gustav Neumann (1838), Albrecht Weber (1825), Anna Jantar (1950), and Jan Kasprowicz (1860). After him are Ernestine Rose (1810), Stanisław Nagy (1921), Hans Sturm (1935), Ludwik Rajchman (1881), Karolina Kózka (1898), and Hertha Sponer (1895).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Poland

Among mathematicians born in Poland, Leo Königsberger ranks 36. Before him are Paul Gordan (1837), Moritz Pasch (1843), Otto Toeplitz (1881), Szolem Mandelbrojt (1899), Franz Mertens (1840), and Hans Lewy (1904). After him are Tadeusz Banachiewicz (1882), Jacob Bronowski (1908), Nathan Jacobson (1910), Stefan Mazurkiewicz (1888), Erich Hecke (1887), and Henryk Iwaniec (1947).

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