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Frederick Valentine Atkinson

Mathematician (1916-2002) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 86

Frederick Valentine "Derick" Atkinson was a British mathematician, formerly of the University of Toronto, Canada, where he spent most of his career. Atkinson's theorem and Atkinson-Wilcox theorem are named after him. His PhD advisor at Oxford was Edward Charles Titchmarsh.

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2002Died13 November 20021992Humboldt PrizeAward1975Fellow of the Royal Society of EdinburghAward1974Makdougall Brisbane PrizeAward1967Fellow of the Royal Society of CanadaAward1916Born25 January 1916

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Awards

Humboldt Prize1992
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh1975
Makdougall Brisbane Prize1974
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada1967

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 2002 · aged 86