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Otto E. Neugebauer

1899 - 1990

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Otto Eduard Neugebauer (May 26, 1899 – February 19, 1990) was an Austrian-American mathematician and historian of science who became known for his research on the history of astronomy and the other exact sciences as they were practiced in antiquity and the Middle Ages. By studying clay tablets, he discovered that the ancient Babylonians knew much more about mathematics and astronomy than had been previously realized. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto E. Neugebauer is the 594th most popular mathematician (up from 712th in 2019), the 685th most popular biography from Austria (up from 828th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Austrian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Otto E. Neugebauer ranks 594 out of 1,004. Before him are Lipót Fejér, Johann Radon, Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, Bernt Michael Holmboe, Chen Jingrun, and Henry Dudeney. After him are Jean-Marie Duhamel, Giacomo F. Maraldi, Jai Singh II, Pierre Fatou, Sydney Chapman, and Arthur Moritz Schoenflies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Otto E. Neugebauer ranks 172. Before him are Yury Olesha, C. S. Forester, Rudolf Svensson, Bo Lindman, Aleksandr Deyneka, and Carlo Rosselli. After him are Nevil Shute, Aldo Nadi, Alma Reville, Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler, Harold Osborn, and Ralf Törngren. Among people deceased in 1990, Otto E. Neugebauer ranks 144. Before him are John Hansen, Carl A. Wirtanen, Jorge Bolet, Alberto Lleras Camargo, Xu Xiangqian, and Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar. After him are Rocky Graziano, Gerald Bull, Mario Pizziolo, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Alfred Sauvy, and Edwin O. Reischauer.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Otto E. Neugebauer ranks 685 out of 1,424. Before him are Lajos Bíró (1880), Anton von Schmerling (1805), Gerda Lerner (1920), Christian von Ehrenfels (1859), Leopold Hofmann (1738), and Hans Hass (1919). After him are Peter Alexander (1926), Maurice Loewy (1833), Marianne Hainisch (1839), Ernst Jandl (1925), Otto Stapf (1857), and Günter Brus (1938).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Austria

Among mathematicians born in Austria, Otto E. Neugebauer ranks 12. Before him are Emil Artin (1898), Karl Menger (1902), Hermann Bondi (1919), Philipp Frank (1884), Simon von Stampfer (1790), and Hilda Geiringer (1893). After him are Friedrich Waismann (1896), Helena Rasiowa (1917), Leopold Vietoris (1891), Walter Rudin (1921), and Wilhelm Wirtinger (1865).

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