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Seymour Papert

1928 - 2016

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Seymour Aubrey Papert (; 29 February 1928 – 31 July 2016) was a South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator, who spent most of his career teaching and researching at MIT. He was one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, and of the constructionist movement in education. He was co-inventor, with Wally Feurzeig and Cynthia Solomon, of the Logo programming language. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Seymour Papert is the 274th most popular mathematician (down from 233rd in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 29th in 2019) and the most popular South African Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Seymour Papert ranks 274 out of 1,004. Before him are Eduard Heine, Jean-Robert Argand, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, Nikolay Bogolyubov, Jabir ibn Aflah, and Paul Lévy. After him are Robert Recorde, Lloyd Shapley, Israel Gelfand, Alan Baker, Édouard Roche, and Vitello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Seymour Papert ranks 109. Before him are Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Đorđe Martinović incident, Michel Serrault, Fats Domino, Bernard Buffet, and Ida Haendel. After him are Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Vladimir Beara, Sara Montiel, Elliott Erwitt, Paul Elvstrøm, and Adam West. Among people deceased in 2016, Seymour Papert ranks 95. Before him are Michal Kováč, Kigeli V of Rwanda, Toots Thielemans, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Hanoi Hannah, and Claude Gensac. After him are Rick Parfitt, Lloyd Shapley, Paul Elvstrøm, Thorbjörn Fälldin, Michael Massee, and Franciszek Macharski.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Seymour Papert ranks 37 out of 454. Before him are Charlize Theron (1975), P. W. Botha (1916), Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), Angelique Rockas (1951), Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), and Peter Abrahams (1919). After him are Jim Fouché (1898), Jan Smuts (1870), Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), Glynis Johns (1923), Abba Eban (1915), and George F. R. Ellis (1939).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In South Africa

Among mathematicians born in South Africa, Seymour Papert ranks 1. After him are Claude Chevalley (1909), Richard Borcherds (1959), Peter Sarnak (1953), and Stanley Skewes (1899).

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