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Edward Maitland Wright

British mathematician (1906-2005) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 98

Sir Edward Maitland Wright was an English mathematician, best known for co-authoring An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers Hardy & Wright (1938) with G. H. Hardy. He served as the Principal of the University of Aberdeen from 1962 to 1976.

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2005Died2 February 20051978Order of Polonia RestitutaAwardSenior Berwick PrizeAward1977Knight BachelorAward1952Makdougall Brisbane PrizeAward1906Born13 February 1906

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Awards

Senior Berwick Prize1978
Order of Polonia Restituta1978
Knight Bachelor1977
Makdougall Brisbane Prize1952

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 2005 · aged 98