Edward Collingwood
Fellow of the Royal Society FRSE, mathemetician, and scientist (1900-1970) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 70
Sir Edward Foyle Collingwood LLD was an English mathematician and scientist. He was a member of the Eglingham branch of a prominent Northumbrian family, the son of Col. Cuthbert Collingwood of the Lancashire Fusiliers, whose family seat was at Lilburn Tower, near Wooler, Northumberland.
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1970Died25 October 19701965Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward1963Officer of the ordre de la Santé publiqueAward1962Knight BachelorAward1954Fellow of the Royal Society of EdinburghAward1946Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAwardOfficer of the Legion of MeritAward1923Rayleigh Medal and PrizeAward1900Born17 January 1900
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His great grandfather was a brother of Admiral Lord Collingwood.
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United Kingdom
Category
Academics
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Academic
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1900 to 1970 · aged 70
