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Max Dehn

1878 - 1952

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Max Wilhelm Dehn (November 13, 1878 – June 27, 1952) was a German mathematician most famous for his work in geometry, topology and geometric group theory. Dehn's early life and career took place in Germany. However, he was forced to retire in 1935 and eventually fled Germany in 1939 and emigrated to the United States. Dehn was a student of David Hilbert, and in his habilitation in 1900 Dehn resolved Hilbert's third problem, making him the first to resolve one of Hilbert's well-known 23 problems. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Dehn is the 538th most popular mathematician (up from 554th in 2019), the 3,294th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,650th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Max Dehn ranks 538 out of 1,004. Before him are Harold Jeffreys, Richard E. Bellman, Rózsa Péter, Pietro Mengoli, Hans Freudenthal, and Erik Ivar Fredholm. After him are Joseph Ludwig Raabe, Jordanus de Nemore, Jean Leray, Terence Tao, Theodosius of Bithynia, and Adam Ries.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Max Dehn ranks 128. Before him are Anna Demidova, Demetrios Petrokokkinos, J. F. C. Fuller, Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova, Clara Westhoff, and Emmy Destinn. After him are Margaret Abbott, Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, Lina Stern, Luís of Orléans-Braganza, Anton Heida, and Selim Palmgren. Among people deceased in 1952, Max Dehn ranks 88. Before him are Juan Yagüe, Rued Langgaard, Richard Hildebrandt, Silvio Cator, Josephine Tey, and Maurice De Waele. After him are Constant Permeke, Ludwig Kaas, Matrona Nikonova, Petros Persakis, Mariano Azuela, and D. S. Senanayake.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Max Dehn ranks 3,296 out of 7,253. Before him are Sibylle of Saxony (1515), Hermann Conring (1606), Hans Freudenthal (1905), Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826), Ursula Kuczynski (1907), and Dorothea of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1420). After him are Eduard August von Regel (1815), Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony (1893), Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1796), Georg Curtius (1820), Walter Hasenclever (1890), and Tanita Tikaram (1969).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Max Dehn ranks 63. Before him are Karl Mollweide (1774), Otto Hölder (1859), Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927), Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843), Henryk Zygalski (1908), and Hans Freudenthal (1905). After him are Jordanus de Nemore (null), Adam Ries (1492), Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719), Johann Samuel König (1712), Max August Zorn (1906), and Wilhelm Jordan (1842).

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