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Leonard Nelson

1882 - 1927

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Leonard Nelson (; German: [ˈnɛlzɔn]; 11 July 1882 – 29 October 1927), sometimes spelt Leonhard, was a German mathematician, critical philosopher, and socialist. He was part of the neo-Friesian school (named after post-Kantian philosopher Jakob Friedrich Fries) of neo-Kantianism and a friend of the mathematician David Hilbert. He devised the Grelling–Nelson paradox in 1908 and the related idea of autological words with Kurt Grelling. Nelson subsequently became influential in both philosophy and mathematics, as his close contacts with scientists and mathematicians influenced their ideas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonard Nelson is the 750th most popular mathematician (down from 734th in 2019), the 4,601st most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,539th in 2019) and the 85th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Leonard Nelson ranks 750 out of 1,004. Before him are Gregory Chaitin, Charles Fefferman, David Gale, Stanisław Mazur, Giuseppe Veronese, and Guido Castelnuovo. After him are Mikhail Lavrentyev, Maxim Kontsevich, Ion Barbu, Carl Hindenburg, Szolem Mandelbrojt, and Johann Faulhaber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Leonard Nelson ranks 214. Before him are George Bancroft, Pierre Mac Orlan, Ivan Olbracht, Albert Coates, Ossip Bernstein, and Richard Johansson. After him are Charles Mayer, Mykolas Biržiška, Manuel Goded Llopis, Robert Curry, Harry Liedtke, and Wilhelm Nusselt. Among people deceased in 1927, Leonard Nelson ranks 118. Before him are Fernand de Langle de Cary, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Ricardo Güiraldes, Wang Guowei, Sam Warner, and Otto Blehr. After him are Feliciano Viera, Marie Spartali Stillman, Kenjirō Tokutomi, Marianne Stokes, Henri Hubert, and Franz Mertens.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Leonard Nelson ranks 4,604 out of 7,253. Before him are Joseph Hergenröther (1824), Friedrich Kluge (1856), Willi Horn (1909), Andreas Krieger (1965), Karin Baal (1940), and Otto Modersohn (1865). After him are Christian Ferdinand Abel (1682), Daniel Hopfer (1470), Heide Rosendahl (1947), Ingrid Becker (1942), Ute Lemper (1963), and Gabriele Hinzmann (1947).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Leonard Nelson ranks 85. Before him are Karl Georg Christian von Staudt (1798), Emil Julius Gumbel (1891), Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt (1854), Heinz Prüfer (1896), Fritz Noether (1884), and Wilhelm Killing (1847). After him are Carl Hindenburg (1741), Johann Faulhaber (1580), Christoph Gudermann (1798), Wendelin Werner (1968), Oswald Teichmüller (1913), and Paul du Bois-Reymond (1831).

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