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Leonard Eugene Dickson

1874 - 1954

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Leonard Eugene Dickson (January 22, 1874 – January 17, 1954) was an American mathematician. He was one of the first American researchers in abstract algebra, in particular the theory of finite fields and classical groups, and is also remembered for a three-volume history of number theory, History of the Theory of Numbers. The L. E. Dickson instructorships at the University of Chicago Department of Mathematics are named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonard Eugene Dickson is the 625th most popular mathematician (up from 627th in 2019), the 5,571st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,330th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Leonard Eugene Dickson ranks 625 out of 1,004. Before him are Ilia Vekua, Francesco Faà di Bruno, Alexander Gelfond, Heinrich Martin Weber, René de Saussure, and Alfred Pringsheim. After him are Serge Lang, Willem 's Gravesande, Grete Hermann, Dmitri Egorov, Jakob Hermann, and Jean Frédéric Frenet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Leonard Eugene Dickson ranks 147. Before him are Launceston Elliot, Władysław Grabski, Charles Fort, Julio Romero de Torres, Jerzy Żuławski, and Madeleine Pelletier. After him are Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, Lucien Démanet, Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov, J. C. Leyendecker, Oskari Mantere, and James H. Johnson. Among people deceased in 1954, Leonard Eugene Dickson ranks 97. Before him are Émile Mâle, Vilhelm Buhl, Henri Laurent, Werner Bischof, Mikimoto Kōkichi, and Mikhail Prishvin. After him are Hella Wuolijoki, John Lennard-Jones, Pyotr Leshchenko, Vera Gaze, Jacques Mieses, and Alberto Braglia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leonard Eugene Dickson ranks 5,571 out of 20,380. Before him are Ann Morgan Guilbert (1928), Dominique Dunne (1959), Markiplier (1989), Hedda Hopper (1885), Henry Selick (1952), and Erik Estrada (1949). After him are Seymour Cray (1925), Susan Strasberg (1938), Daniel Webster (1782), Marion Ross (1928), Marlyn Meltzer (1922), and Arthur O'Connell (1908).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Leonard Eugene Dickson ranks 44. Before him are Ronald Graham (1935), Isadore Singer (1924), Louis J. Mordell (1888), Benjamin Peirce (1809), Saunders Mac Lane (1909), and Michael Freedman (1951). After him are Haskell Curry (1900), Oswald Veblen (1880), Richard Montague (1930), Harold Hotelling (1895), Ken Ribet (1948), and Joseph Keller (1923).

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