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Nigel Hitchin

1946 - Today

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Nigel James Hitchin FRS (born 2 August 1946) is a British mathematician working in the fields of differential geometry, gauge theory, algebraic geometry, and mathematical physics. He is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Nigel Hitchin is the 949th most popular mathematician (up from 959th in 2024), the 5,811th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,961st in 2019) and the 105th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Nigel Hitchin ranks 949 out of 1,004. Before him are Ormond Stone, Neil Sloane, Cleve Moler, Norman Johnson, Edward Charles Titchmarsh, and James Maynard. After him are Alexander Aitken, Stuart Milner-Barry, Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Charles Hutton, Kathleen Ollerenshaw, and Keith Devlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Nigel Hitchin ranks 758. Before him are Michael Clarke, Helen Gourlay, Michael Coats, Gene Siskel, Penelope Spheeris, and Tony Ashton. After him are Cameron Mackintosh, Holly Woodlawn, Al Lowe, Mike Beebe, Dennis Muren, and Michael Rosen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nigel Hitchin ranks 5,813 out of 8,785. Before him are Mackenzie Crook (1971), Samuel Gompers (1850), Lysette Anthony (1963), Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800), Perry McCarthy (1961), and Tony Ashton (1946). After him are Lynn Davies (1942), Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford (1960), Jordan Pickford (1994), John Arden (1930), Ronald Pope (1920), and Damson Idris (1991).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Nigel Hitchin ranks 105. Before him are William Gemmell Cochran (1909), Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), W. T. Tutte (1917), Neil Sloane (1939), Edward Charles Titchmarsh (1899), and James Maynard (1987). After him are Stuart Milner-Barry (1906), Charles Hutton (1737), Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912), Keith Devlin (1947), Timothy Gowers (1963), and Simon Singh (1964).

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