H. F. Baker
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| Born | July 3, 1866 Cambridge, England |
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| Died | March 17, 1956 Cambridge, England |
| Residence | UK  |
| Nationality | English |
| Field | Mathematician |
| Institution | University of Cambridge |
| Alma Mater | University of Cambridge |
| Academic Advisor | Arthur Cayley |
| Notable Students | Jacob Bronowski H. S. M. Coxeter Edwin Maxwell Daniel Pedoe John A. Todd |
| Known for | Geometry |
| Notable Prizes | Sylvester Medal (1910) De Morgan Medal (1905) |
Henry Frederick Baker (July 3, 1866 - March 17, 1956) was a British mathematician, working mainly in algebraic geometry, but also remembered for contributions to partial differential equations (related to what would become known as solitons), and Lie groups.
He was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. In 1911, he gave the presidential address to the London Mathematical Society.
[edit] Students
- Jacob Bronowski
- Thomas Cherry
- H. S. M. Coxeter
- Patrick Duval
- Edwin Maxwell
- Daniel Pedoe
- Thomas Room
- John Semple
- John A. Todd
[edit] Works
[edit] External links
- O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "H. F. Baker". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
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