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Richard Montague

1930 - 1971

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Richard Merritt Montague (September 20, 1930 – March 7, 1971) was an American mathematician and philosopher who made contributions to mathematical logic and the philosophy of language. He is known for proposing Montague grammar to formalize the semantics of natural language. As a student of Alfred Tarski, he also contributed early developments to axiomatic set theory (ZFC). For the latter half of his life, he was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles until his early death, believed to be a homicide, at age 40. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Montague is the 668th most popular mathematician (down from 611th in 2019), the 5,969th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,184th in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Richard Montague ranks 668 out of 1,004. Before him are Robert Simson, Georg Stiernhielm, Alfréd Rényi, Agner Krarup Erlang, Louis Bachelier, and Cesare Arzelà. After him are Johann Schreck, Đuro Kurepa, William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker, Harold Hotelling, Abu Said Gorgani, and Jan Śniadecki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Richard Montague ranks 350. Before him are Suraphol Sombatcharoen, Cristóbal Halffter, Roger Vonlanthen, André Lerond, Bayram Şit, and Jasraj. After him are Arsenio Iglesias, Mohammad Ali Fardin, Frederick Wiseman, Joachim Hansen, Alevtina Kolchina, and Olene Walker. Among people deceased in 1971, Richard Montague ranks 143. Before him are Jo Cals, Jean-Pierre Monseré, William F. Albright, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Guillermo León Valencia, and Frank Rosenblatt. After him are Simon Vestdijk, Bengt Ekerot, Jacques Ochs, Juhan Smuul, Harald Öhquist, and Romeu Pellicciari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Montague ranks 5,969 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Gilbert (1966), Charles Daniels (1885), Edmund Szoka (1927), Donny Hathaway (1945), Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947), and Florence R. Sabin (1871). After him are Stanley Williams (1953), Gene Wolfe (1931), Julie London (1926), Leo Sexton (1909), Lew Ayres (1908), and Earl Hines (1903).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Richard Montague ranks 47. Before him are Benjamin Peirce (1809), Saunders Mac Lane (1909), Michael Freedman (1951), Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874), Haskell Curry (1900), and Oswald Veblen (1880). After him are Harold Hotelling (1895), Ken Ribet (1948), Joseph Keller (1923), Daniel Quillen (1940), Gladys West (1930), and Solomon W. Golomb (1932).

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