John Edensor Littlewood
English mathematician (1885-1977) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 92
John Edensor Littlewood 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.
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1977Died6 September 19771960Senior Berwick PrizeAward1958Copley MedalAward1943Sylvester MedalAward1938De Morgan MedalAward1929Royal MedalAward1916Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward1908Smith's PrizeAward1885Born9 June 1885
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United Kingdom
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Academics
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Lived 1885 to 1977 · aged 92
