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Arthur Geoffrey Walker

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British mathematician

United KingdomAcademicsLived 1909 to 2001 · aged 91
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Arthur Geoffrey Walker FRS FRSE was a British mathematician and professor of the University of Sheffield who made important contributions to physical cosmology.

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1955Fellow of the Royal Society
1950Keith Medal
1947Berwick Prize
1946Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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Arthur Geoffrey Walker FRS FRSE was a British mathematician and professor of the University of Sheffield who made important contributions to physical cosmology. Although he was an accomplished geometer, he is best remembered today for two important contributions to general relativity, namely, the Robertson-Walker metric and the Fermi-Walker transport.

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United Kingdom
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deceased
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Lived 1909 to 2001 · aged 91
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