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Percy Alexander MacMahon

British mathematician (1854-1929) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 75

Percy Alexander MacMahon was an English mathematician, especially noted in connection with the partitions of numbers and enumerative combinatorics.

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1929Died25 December 19291923De Morgan MedalAward1919Sylvester MedalAward1911Honorary Doctor of the University of AberdeenAward1904Honorary Doctorate from the University of CambridgeAward1900Royal MedalAward1890Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward1854Born26 September 1854

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De Morgan Medal1923
Sylvester Medal1919
Honorary Doctor of the University of Aberdeen1911
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Cambridge1904
Royal Medal1900
Fellow of the Royal Society1890

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United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1854 to 1929 · aged 75