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Raymond Smullyan

1919 - 2017

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Raymond Merrill Smullyan (; May 25, 1919 – February 6, 2017) was an American mathematician, magician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist, and philosopher. Born in Far Rockaway, New York, Smullyan's first career choice was in stage magic. He earned a BSc from the University of Chicago in 1955 and his PhD from Princeton University in 1959. Smullyan is one of many logicians to have studied with Alonzo Church. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Smullyan is the 378th most popular mathematician (up from 393rd in 2019), the 3,116th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,110th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Mathematician.

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Among mathematicians, Raymond Smullyan ranks 378 out of 1,004. Before him are Antoine Gombaud, Vladimir Drinfeld, Michael Maestlin, László Lovász, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, and John Milnor. After him are Guillaume Postel, Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier, Thomas Heath, Marshall Harvey Stone, Louis Nirenberg, and Thomas Simpson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Raymond Smullyan ranks 99. Before him are P. F. Strawson, Artur Fischer, Janko Bobetko, Mario Bunge, Ernst Barkmann, and Mad Mike Hoare. After him are Tomáš Špidlík, Amrita Pritam, Rie Mastenbroek, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Pierre Gamarra, and Ahmed Abdallah. Among people deceased in 2017, Raymond Smullyan ranks 135. Before him are Miguel Ferrer, Tomas Milian, Marjorie Boulton, Bruce McCandless II, Kate Millett, and Jerry Fodor. After him are Brian Aldiss, Félix Mourinho, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Igor Shafarevich, Baldwin Lonsdale, and Albert Zafy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Raymond Smullyan ranks 3,116 out of 20,380. Before him are Alfre Woodard (1952), Gabby Giffords (1970), Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), John Milnor (1931), J. B. Pritzker (1965), and Matthew Fox (1966). After him are Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Marian Anderson (1897), Sofia Coppola (1971), Mimsy Farmer (1945), Theodore Gill (1837), and Henrietta Lacks (1920).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Raymond Smullyan ranks 23. Before him are Jesse Douglas (1897), Robert Axelrod (1943), Stephen Smale (1930), Edward Kasner (1878), Martin Davis (1928), and John Milnor (1931). After him are Marshall Harvey Stone (1903), Sal Khan (1976), Mitchell Feigenbaum (1944), William Thurston (1946), Sam Loyd (1841), and James Waddell Alexander II (1888).

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