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Sydney Chapman

1888 - 1970

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Sydney Chapman (29 January 1888 – 16 June 1970) was a British mathematician and geophysicist. His work on the kinetic theory of gases, solar-terrestrial physics, and the Earth's ozone layer has inspired a broad range of research over many decades. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sydney Chapman is the 599th most popular mathematician (down from 536th in 2019), the 2,881st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,466th in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Sydney Chapman ranks 599 out of 1,004. Before him are Henry Dudeney, Otto E. Neugebauer, Jean-Marie Duhamel, Giacomo F. Maraldi, Jai Singh II, and Pierre Fatou. After him are Arthur Moritz Schoenflies, Carl Adam Petri, Jacques Herbrand, Saunders Mac Lane, Boris Delaunay, and Efim Zelmanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Sydney Chapman ranks 142. Before him are Louis J. Mordell, Kan Kikuchi, Toyohiko Kagawa, Gazanfar Musabekov, Thomas C. Kinkaid, and Lotte Lehmann. After him are Vahram Papazian, Michał Sopoćko, Roger Ducret, Florence Lee, Milán Füst, and Konstantinos Tsiklitiras. Among people deceased in 1970, Sydney Chapman ranks 151. Before him are Giuseppe Pizzardo, Terry Sawchuk, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Kurt Feldt, Alf Prøysen, and František Junek. After him are Blanche Stuart Scott, Jun'ichi Kōuchi, Adhemar Pimenta, Albert Ayler, Daniel Kinsey, and Ernest Marsden.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sydney Chapman ranks 2,882 out of 8,785. Before him are Mick Ronson (1946), Pat Jennings (1945), Alma Reville (1899), Mark Jones (1933), Ernest Mason Satow (1843), and John Neville (1925). After him are Arthur Brown (1942), Tony Brise (1952), Edward Coke (1552), Denny Laine (1944), Amy Robsart (1532), and Johnny Clegg (1953).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Sydney Chapman ranks 64. Before him are Harold Jeffreys (1891), Edward Arthur Milne (1896), William Whiston (1667), Joseph Raphson (1648), Thomas Wright (1711), and Henry Dudeney (1857). After him are James Ivory (1765), Douglas Hartree (1897), John Playfair (1748), Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (1907), William Burnside (1852), and Robert Simson (1687).

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