Which of these mathematicians was born at an earlier date, Georg Cantor or Grigory Margulis?
Grigory Margulis Gregori Aleksandrovich Margulis (Russian: Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Маргу́лис , first name often given as Gregory, Grigori or Grigory; born February 24, 1946) is a Russian-American mathematician known for his work on lattices in Lie groups, and the introduction of methods from ergodic theory into diophantine approximation. He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1978 and a Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 2005, becoming the seventh mathematician to receive both prizes. In 1991, he joined the faculty of Yale University, where he is currently the Erastus L. De Forest Professor of Mathematics.
Samuel Dickstein (mathematician) Samuel Dickstein (May 12, 1851 – September 28, 1939) was a Polish mathematician of Jewish origin. He was one of the founders of the Jewish party "Zjednoczenie" ("the union"), which advocated the assimilation of Polish Jews.