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Shing-Tung Yau

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Shing-Tung Yau (; Chinese: 丘成桐; pinyin: Qiū Chéngtóng; born April 4, 1949) is a Chinese-American mathematician. He is the director of the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center at Tsinghua University and professor emeritus at Harvard University. Until 2022, Yau was the William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics at Harvard, at which point he moved to Tsinghua. Yau was born in Shantou in 1949, moved to British Hong Kong at a young age, and then moved to the United States in 1969. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shing-Tung Yau is the 296th most popular mathematician (down from 273rd in 2019), the 430th most popular biography from China (up from 513th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Chinese Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Shing-Tung Yau ranks 296 out of 1,004. Before him are John G. Thompson, Edmund Landau, Hugo Steinhaus, Pierre Deligne, Adolf Hurwitz, and Jesse Douglas. After him are Abraham Zacuto, Oronce Finé, Simon Newcomb, Lorenzo Mascheroni, Yakov Sinai, and Robert Axelrod.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Shing-Tung Yau ranks 135. Before him are Hank Williams Jr., Armand Assante, Klaus Fischer, Gary Ridgway, Leopoldo Luque, and Ken Wilber. After him are Carlos Bianchi, Sergei Bagapsh, Boualem Sansal, Elizabeth George, Cliff Williams, and Lasse Virén.

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In China

Among people born in China, Shing-Tung Yau ranks 430 out of 1,610. Before him are Sheng Shicai (1895), Emperor Duzong (1240), Eileen Chang (1920), Chen Yun (1905), Zhuge Zhan (227), and Yue Jin (200). After him are Emperor Wu of Song (363), Huo Guang (-150), Zhou Tai (163), Wen Tianxiang (1236), Yan Xishan (1883), and Mao Dun (1896).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In China

Among mathematicians born in China, Shing-Tung Yau ranks 6. Before him are Zhang Heng (78), Liu Hui (225), Zu Chongzhi (429), Wang Chong (27), and Xu Guangqi (1562). After him are Guo Shoujing (1231), Yi Xing (683), Liu Xin (-50), Shiing-Shen Chern (1911), Zhu Shijie (1249), and Qin Jiushao (1201).

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