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Timothy Gowers

1963 - Today

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Sir William Timothy Gowers, (; born 20 November 1963) is a British mathematician. He is the holder of the Combinatorics chair at the Collège de France, a Research Professor at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1998, he received the Fields Medal for research connecting the fields of functional analysis and combinatorics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2024). Timothy Gowers is the 959th most popular mathematician (down from 946th in 2024), the 6,004th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,667th in 2019) and the 110th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Timothy Gowers ranks 959 out of 1,004. Before him are Charles Hutton, Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Keith Devlin, Henry John Stephen Smith, Alexander Beilinson, and David Singmaster. After him are Simon Singh, Alicia Dickenstein, Bhama Srinivasan, Éva Tardos, Stanley Skewes, and Ben Green.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Timothy Gowers ranks 649. Before him are Éric Poulat, Mahiro Maeda, Merethe Lindstrøm, Faran Tahir, Erling Kagge, and Khady Sylla. After him are Joel Osteen, Sun Zhengcai, Xóchitl Gálvez, Philippe Lamberts, John Ventimiglia, and Conrad Lant.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Timothy Gowers ranks 6,006 out of 8,785. Before him are Judy Grinham (1939), Tom Kilburn (1921), Maxim Baldry (1996), Cleo Laine (1927), Mimi Keene (1998), and Rupert Hine (1947). After him are Ralph McTell (1944), Robin Montgomerie-Charrington (1915), Edwyn Collins (1959), Shirley Williams (1930), Michael Park (1966), and Alan Mullery (1941).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Timothy Gowers ranks 110. Before him are James Maynard (1987), Nigel Hitchin (1946), Stuart Milner-Barry (1906), Charles Hutton (1737), Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912), and Keith Devlin (1947). After him are Simon Singh (1964), Ben Green (1977), Dusa McDuff (1945), Frank Adams (1930), Philippa Fawcett (1868), and Graham Higman (1917).

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