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Richard Brauer

1901 - 1977

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Richard Dagobert Brauer (February 10, 1901 – April 17, 1977) was a German and American mathematician. He worked mainly in abstract algebra, but made important contributions to number theory. He was the founder of modular representation theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Brauer is the 890th most popular mathematician (down from 862nd in 2019), the 5,334th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,180th in 2019) and the 99th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Richard Brauer ranks 890 out of 1,004. Before him are Juliusz Schauder, J. H. C. Whitehead, Robin Hartshorne, Radhanath Sikdar, Phillip Griffiths, and Erna Schneider Hoover. After him are Andrei Okounkov, Yitang Zhang, Henryk Iwaniec, Gilbert Strang, Leopold Löwenheim, and George Mostow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Richard Brauer ranks 320. Before him are Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Francisco Gamborena, Leopoldo Conti, Francis Chichester, Helen Ferguson, and Shirley Mason. After him are Brian Donlevy, Whittaker Chambers, Frank Buckles, Paul Fix, Modesto Denis, and Anna Aloys Henga. Among people deceased in 1977, Richard Brauer ranks 240. Before him are Artur Adson, Sebastian Cabot, Arnold Bode, Helen Ferguson, Rudolf Cvetko, and Alexey Gribov. After him are Bukka White, Bob Skelton, Irene Steer, Ruth Moufang, Hans Pulver, and Steve Gaines.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Richard Brauer ranks 5,337 out of 7,253. Before him are Harry Voigt (1913), Kurt Neumann (1908), Sead Kolašinac (1993), Franz Weidenreich (1873), Ole von Beust (1955), and Walter Janssen (1887). After him are Bernard Knubel (1872), Erich Herrmann (1914), Sylvia Hanika (1959), Wilfried Hannes (1957), Wolfgang Mager (1952), and Johann Mühlegg (1970).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Richard Brauer ranks 99. Before him are Friedrich Engel (1861), Oskar Perron (1880), Erich Kähler (1906), Wolfgang Krull (1899), Richard Rado (1906), and Walther von Dyck (1856). After him are Leopold Löwenheim (1878), Ruth Moufang (1905), Volker Strassen (1936), Don Zagier (1951), Paul Koebe (1882), and Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann (1837).

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