John Edensor Littlewood
British mathematician
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John Edensor Littlewood FRS was a British mathematician. He worked on topics relating to analysis, number theory, and differential equations and had lengthy collaborations with G. H. Hardy, Srinivasa Ramanujan and Mary Cartwright. Wikipedia
Born: June 9, 1885, Rochester, United Kingdom
Died: September 6, 1977 (age 92 years), Cambridge, United Kingdom
Notable students: Srinivasa Ramanujan, Harold Davenport, Chike Obi, and more
Education: Trinity College (1903–1906), St Paul's Juniors (1900–1903), and University of Cambridge
Parents: Sylvia Maud Ackland and Edward Thornton Littlewood
Awards: Smith's Prize (1908), Royal Medal (1929), De Morgan Medal (1938), and more
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