LC control no. | n 2001013669 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Swinnerton-Dyer, H. P. F. |
Variant(s) | Dyer, H. P. F. Swinnerton- Swinnerton-Dyer, Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, Henry Peter Francis |
Associated place | Cambridge (England) |
Birth date | 1927-08-02 |
Death date | 2018-12-26 |
Place of birth | Ponteland (England) |
Field of activity | Mathematics Education, Higher Government aid to higher education |
Affiliation | University of Cambridge Great Britain. University Grants Committee Universities Funding Council (Great Britain) |
Profession or occupation | Mathematicians College administrators Public officers |
Found in | A brief guide to algebraic number theory, 2001: t.p. (H.P.F. Swinnerton-Dyer; Univ. of Cambridge) LC database, Aug. 13, 2001 (hdg.: Swinnerton-Dyer, H. P. F.) Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 2003055797 Web site, June 28, 2004 (Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer) University of Cambridge, Dept. of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics people, Web site, June 28, 2004 (Prof. Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, FRS; emeritus professor; Biog. & geneal. master index, June 28, 2004 (Swinnerton-Dyer, (Henry) Peter (Francis) (1927-)) Biog. resource center, June 28, 2004 (Sir (Henry) Peter (Francis) Swinnerton-Dyer; mathematician; b. Aug. 2, 1927, Ponteland, England; 16 Bt (E 1678), of Tottenham, Middx; KBE (1987)) Guardian WWW site, viewed Jan. 10, 2019 (Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer; Henry Peter Francis Swinnerton-Dyer, mathematician, university administrator and civil servant, born 2 August 1927, Ponteland, Northumberland; died 26 December 2018; Swinnerton-Dyer's first published paper appeared in 1943, when he was 16 and still at school; hos most recent publications, which are substantial, date from 2012-16; in 1945 he went to Trinity College, Cambridge; as a graduate student he studied under JE Littlewood, but never completed a PhD; however, in 1950 he became a fellow of Trinity, and remained there until 1973; in 1973 he was elected master of St Catharine's; remained there for 10 years; In 1973 he was elected master of St Catharine's; remained there for 10 years; in 1983 he resigned from St Catharine's, took up the University Grants Committee chair; left the Universities Funding Council (successor to the UGC) in 1991) |
Associated language | eng |