a poet, scholar, professor, a philologist, folklorist, translator, and playwright

Ramanujan was a poet, scholar, professor, a philologist, folklorist, translator, and playwright.

one of the world's great mathematicians

Ramanujan was one of the world's great mathematicians.

one of India's greatest mathematical geniuses

Ramanujan was one of India's greatest mathematical geniuses.

a self-taught mathematician working as a clerk in a post office in India when Ramanujan wrote to Hardy at the University of Cambridge

Ramanujan was a self-taught mathematician working as a clerk in a post office in India when Ramanujan wrote to Hardy at the University of Cambridge.

the most fa-mous of modern Indian mathematicians

Ramanujan (1887–1920) is perhaps the most fa-mous of modern Indian mathematicians.

an Indian mathematician who continues to fascinate me endlessly

Ramanujan is an Indian mathematician who continues to fascinate me endlessly.

a prodigious Indian mathematician who, despite having no formal training in advanced mathematical concepts, mastered trigonometry at the age of 12 and went on to make great contributions to mathematical concepts such as number theory, infinite series and continued fractions

Ramanujan was a prodigious Indian mathematician who, despite having no formal training in advanced mathematical concepts, mastered trigonometry at the age of 12 and went on to make great contributions to mathematical concepts such as number theory, infinite series and continued fractions.

a self-taught mathematician and one of the greatest Indian mathematicians of all time

Ramanujan was a self-taught mathematician and one of the greatest Indian mathematicians of all time.

an Indian mathematician who came up with many unproven conjectures, most of which were validated long after Ramanujan's death

Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who came up with many unproven conjectures, most of which were validated long after Ramanujan's death.

A self-taught Indian mathematician from the city

A self-taught Indian mathematician from the city then called Madras (now Chennai), Ramanujan struggled to overcome racism, poverty, and outsider status in imperial Britain during the tumultuous time of World War I.

an Indian mathematician who became famous for Koteswara Rao Garu's intuition for numbers

S. Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who became famous for Koteswara Rao Garu's intuition for numbers.

a self-taught mathematician from India who is famous for Ramanujan's contributions to continued fractions, infinite series, number theory, and mathematical analysis

Ramanujan was a self-taught mathematician from India who is famous for Ramanujan's contributions to continued fractions, infinite series, number theory, and mathematical analysis.

an Indian mathematician who became famous for S. Ramanujan's intuition for numbers

S. Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who became famous for S. Ramanujan's intuition for numbers.

a self-taught Indian mathematician who was born into poverty

Ramanujan was a self-taught Indian mathematician who was born into poverty.