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Oswald Veblen

1880 - 1960

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Oswald Veblen (June 24, 1880 – August 10, 1960) was an American mathematician, geometer and topologist, whose work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity. He proved the Jordan curve theorem in 1905; while this was long considered the first rigorous proof of the theorem, many now also consider Camille Jordan's original proof rigorous. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oswald Veblen is the 660th most popular mathematician, the 5,913th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,729th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Oswald Veblen ranks 660 out of 1,004. Before him are William Burnside, Johan Jensen, Aleksey Krylov, Olga Taussky-Todd, Michael Artin, and Ludwig Schläfli. After him are Mihailo Petrović, Robert Simson, Georg Stiernhielm, Alfréd Rényi, Agner Krarup Erlang, and Louis Bachelier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Oswald Veblen ranks 146. Before him are Seán O'Casey, Eugen Slutsky, Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, B. C. Forbes, Herbert Brenon, and Wally Kinnear. After him are Louis Hémon, Parashqevi Qiriazi, Joseph Grew, Alexander Bogomazov, Carl Skottsberg, and Harry Baur. Among people deceased in 1960, Oswald Veblen ranks 151. Before him are Igor Grabar, Lya Mara, Arthur Benjamin, Charles Delporte, Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, and Ken McArthur. After him are Paul Fort, Bogoljub Jevtić, Alexandre Lippmann, Joseph Lamb, Teodoro Picado Michalski, and Ayşe Sultan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oswald Veblen ranks 5,913 out of 20,380. Before him are Peter Sarsgaard (1971), Nathan East (1955), Og Mandino (1923), Savanna Samson (1967), Paul Reubens (1952), and Tim Sweeney (1970). After him are Jill Stein (1950), Jay Garner (1938), Marie Osborne Yeats (1911), Lucretia Garfield (1832), Robert Ford (1862), and Ed Heinemann (1908).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Oswald Veblen ranks 46. Before him are Louis J. Mordell (1888), Benjamin Peirce (1809), Saunders Mac Lane (1909), Michael Freedman (1951), Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874), and Haskell Curry (1900). After him are Richard Montague (1930), Harold Hotelling (1895), Ken Ribet (1948), Joseph Keller (1923), Daniel Quillen (1940), and Gladys West (1930).

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