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Synge, J. L. (John Lighton), 1897-1995

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Personal name headingSynge, J. L. (John Lighton), 1897-1995
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Variant(s)Sing, Dzh. L.
Synge, John L. (John Lighton), 1897-1995
Synge, John Lighton, 1897-1995
Associated countryIreland
Canada
Ireland
Canada
United States
Ireland
Birth date1897-03-23
Death date1995-03-30
Place of birthDublin (Ireland)
Place of deathDublin (Ireland)
Profession or occupationMathematicians Physicists
Found inHamilton, W. R. The mathematical papers ... 1931-
Obshchai︠a︡ teorii︠a︡ otnositelʹnosti, 1963: t.p. (Dzh. L. Sing)
LC data base, 10-14-83 (hdg.: Synge, John Lighton, 1897- ; usage: J.L. Synge, John L. Synge)
Wikipedia, viewed June 28, 2016: (John Lighton Synge, born March 23, 1897, died March 30, 1995; Irish mathematician and physicist; moved to Canada to teach at University of Toronto in 1920; returned to Ireland in 1925; returned to University of Toronto in 1930; moved to United States in 1943; returned to Ireland in 1948; taught John Nash in the Mathematics Department of the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh; contributed to classical mechanics, general mechanics and geometrical optics, gas dynamics, hydrodynamics, elasticity, electrical networks, mathematical methods, differential geometry, and Einstein's theory of relativity)
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