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Michael J. D. Powell

Mathematician (1936-2015) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 78

Michael James David Powell was a British mathematician, who worked in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at the University of Cambridge.

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2015Died19 April 20152007Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of ScienceAwardFellow of the Australian Academy of ScienceAward1999Senior Whitehead PrizeAward1982The George B. Dantzig PrizeAward1936Born29 July 1936

Awards

Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science2007
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science2007
Senior Whitehead Prize1999
The George B. Dantzig Prize1982
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1936 to 2015 · aged 78