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William Henry Young

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English mathematician (1863-1942)

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William Henry Young FRS was an English mathematician. Young was educated at City of London School and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He worked on measure theory, Fourier series, differential calculus, amongst other fields, and made contributions to the study of functions of several complex variables.

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1928Sylvester Medal
1928honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg
1917De Morgan Medal
1913Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva
1907Fellow of the Royal Society
honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta

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William Henry Young FRS was an English mathematician. Young was educated at City of London School and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He worked on measure theory, Fourier series, differential calculus, amongst other fields, and made contributions to the study of functions of several complex variables. He was the husband of Grace Chisholm Young, with whom he authored and co-authored 214 papers and 4 books. Two of their children became professional mathematicians. Young's Theorem was named after him.

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Lived 1863 to 1942 · aged 78
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