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Richard Hamming

1915 - 1998

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Richard Wesley Hamming (February 11, 1915 – January 7, 1998) was an American mathematician whose work had many implications for computer engineering and telecommunications. His contributions include the Hamming code (which makes use of a Hamming matrix), the Hamming window, Hamming numbers, sphere-packing (or Hamming bound), Hamming graph concepts, and the Hamming distance. Born in Chicago, Hamming attended University of Chicago, University of Nebraska and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where he wrote his doctoral thesis in mathematics under the supervision of Waldemar Trjitzinsky (1901–1973). In April 1945, he joined the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory, where he programmed the IBM calculating machines that computed the solution to equations provided by the project's physicists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Hamming is the 513th most popular mathematician (down from 398th in 2019), the 4,369th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,173rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Richard Hamming ranks 513 out of 1,004. Before him are Thomas Bradwardine, Henryk Zygalski, Emil Leon Post, Georgy Voronoy, Theodor Kaluza, and Ion Ghica. After him are Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Hilda Geiringer, Hypsicles, Pierre François Verhulst, Hendrik C. van de Hulst, and Viktor Sadovnichiy.

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Among people born in 1915, Richard Hamming ranks 117. Before him are Caterina Boratto, Hanns Martin Schleyer, Artur London, David Stirling, Jo Van Fleet, and Herma Bauma. After him are Paul Castellano, Tim, Henner Henkel, Eddie Bracken, Alberto Burri, and Nam Il. Among people deceased in 1998, Richard Hamming ranks 128. Before him are Carl Wilson, Mahbub ul Haq, Klaus Tennstedt, Nino Ferrer, Mancur Olson, and Vladimir Demikhov. After him are Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Chatichai Choonhavan, Mariano Martín, Clara Rockmore, Régine Pernoud, and Phil Hartman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Hamming ranks 4,369 out of 20,380. Before him are Helen Parkhurst (1886), Barbara Walters (1929), Sammy Hagar (1947), Mildred Natwick (1905), Jackie Gleason (1916), and Robert Lansing (1864). After him are Mack Swain (1876), Billy Blanks (1955), Rudolph Rummel (1932), Todd Howard (1971), Sarah Paulson (1974), and Randy Savage (1952).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Richard Hamming ranks 32. Before him are Mitchell Feigenbaum (1944), William Thurston (1946), Sam Loyd (1841), James Waddell Alexander II (1888), Whitfield Diffie (1944), and Stephen Cole Kleene (1909). After him are Dennis Sullivan (1941), George David Birkhoff (1884), Julia Robinson (1919), Richard E. Bellman (1920), Andrew M. Gleason (1921), and Ronald Graham (1935).

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