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Simon Donaldson

1957 - Today

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Sir Simon Kirwan Donaldson (born 20 August 1957) is an English mathematician known for his work on the topology of smooth (differentiable) four-dimensional manifolds, Donaldson–Thomas theory, and his contributions to Kähler geometry. He is currently a permanent member of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University in New York, and a Professor in Pure Mathematics at Imperial College London. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Donaldson is the 761st most popular mathematician (up from 844th in 2019), the 3,842nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,347th in 2019) and the 80th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Simon Donaldson ranks 761 out of 1,004. Before him are Szolem Mandelbrojt, Johann Faulhaber, Saharon Shelah, Victor Puiseux, Curtis T. McMullen, and Sergei Adian. After him are Harald Cramér, Ludwig Schlesinger, Hua Luogeng, Charles Howard Hinton, Maria Angela Ardinghelli, and Franz Mertens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Simon Donaldson ranks 289. Before him are Ingrid Auerswald, Jüri Tamm, Yoshio Kato, Shirō Sagisu, Michael Bowen, and Reiner Knizia. After him are Kadim Al Sahir, Roberto Rojas, John Kassir, Cameron Crowe, Andrei Kolkoutine, and Steve Porcaro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon Donaldson ranks 3,843 out of 8,785. Before him are Jon Hiseman (1944), Leslie Marr (1922), Tom Daley (1994), Lucy Hawking (1969), Howard Stringer (1942), and Peter Ackroyd (1949). After him are Henry Scott Tuke (1858), Frederick William Beechey (1796), Charles Jarrott (1927), John Collins (1968), Margaret Beckett (1943), and Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey (1880).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Simon Donaldson ranks 80. Before him are Benjamin Robins (1707), John Cairncross (1913), David Cox (1924), Max Newman (1897), William Hopkins (1793), and Thomas Digges (1546). After him are Charles Howard Hinton (1853), John Lennox (1943), Grace Chisholm Young (1868), E. T. Whittaker (1873), Frank Morley (1860), and David Gregory (1659).

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