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Louis J. Mordell

1888 - 1972

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Louis Joel Mordell (28 January 1888 – 12 March 1972) was an American-born British mathematician, known for his research in number theory. He was born in Philadelphia, United States, in a Jewish family of Lithuanian extraction. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis J. Mordell is the 564th most popular mathematician (up from 600th in 2019), the 4,856th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,060th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Louis J. Mordell ranks 564 out of 1,004. Before him are Samuel Eilenberg, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Pál Turán, D. R. Kaprekar, Solomon Lefschetz, and Isadore Singer. After him are Giovanni Battista Zupi, Dénes Kőnig, Mikio Sato, Ernst Leonard Lindelöf, Benjamin Peirce, and Evgraf Fedorov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Louis J. Mordell ranks 136. Before him are Walther Kossel, Nereu Ramos, Harukichi Hyakutake, Antonio Ascari, Irving Cummings, and Pavel Peter Gojdič. After him are Kan Kikuchi, Toyohiko Kagawa, Gazanfar Musabekov, Thomas C. Kinkaid, Lotte Lehmann, and Sydney Chapman. Among people deceased in 1972, Louis J. Mordell ranks 130. Before him are August Zaleski, Stanislaus Kobierski, Deniz Gezmiş, Friedrich Christiansen, Carlo Agostoni, and Solomon Lefschetz. After him are Raúl Leoni, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, Joseph Cornell, Paul Grüninger, Max Aub, and Miriam Hopkins.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis J. Mordell ranks 4,856 out of 20,380. Before him are Sean Astin (1971), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), Peter Benchley (1940), George Pullman (1831), Tommy Johnson (1896), and Robert Z. Leonard (1889). After him are Floyd Council (1911), Lamar Smith (1947), Paul Reiser (1957), Amanda Plummer (1957), Kenny Johnson (1963), and Dee Dee Warwick (1942).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Louis J. Mordell ranks 40. Before him are George David Birkhoff (1884), Julia Robinson (1919), Richard E. Bellman (1920), Andrew M. Gleason (1921), Ronald Graham (1935), and Isadore Singer (1924). After him are Benjamin Peirce (1809), Saunders Mac Lane (1909), Michael Freedman (1951), Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874), Haskell Curry (1900), and Oswald Veblen (1880).

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