W. V. D. Hodge
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This article is about a mathematician. For other uses, see Hodge (disambiguation).
Sir William Vallance Douglas Hodge FRS FRSE[2] (/hɒdʒ/; 17 June 1903 – 7 July 1975) was a British mathematician, specifically a geometer.[3][4]
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W. V. D. Hodge | |
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Born | (1903-06-17)17 June 1903 Edinburgh, UK |
Died | 7 July 1975(1975-07-07) (aged 72) Cambridge, UK |
Nationality | British |
Education | George Watson's College |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh St John's College, Cambridge[1] |
Known for | Hodge conjecture Hodge dual Hodge bundle Hodge theory |
Awards | Adams Prize (1936) Senior Berwick Prize (1952) Royal Medal (1957) De Morgan Medal (1959) Copley Medal (1974) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
Academic advisors | E. T. Whittaker |
Doctoral students | Michael Atiyah Ian R. Porteous David J. Simms |
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His discovery of far-reaching topological relations between algebraic geometry and differential geometry—an area now called Hodge theory and pertaining more generally to Kähler manifolds—has been a major influence on subsequent work in geometry.