Edward Collingwood
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Sir Edward Foyle Collingwood CBE FRS FRSE DL LLD (17 January 1900 – 25 October 1970) was an English mathematician and scientist. He was a member of the Eglingham branch of a prominent Northumbrian family, the son of Col. Cuthbert Collingwood of the Lancashire Fusiliers, whose family seat was at Lilburn Tower, near Wooler, Northumberland. His great grandfather was a brother of Admiral Lord Collingwood.[2][3][4]
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Sir Edward Collingwood | |
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Born | Edward Foyle Collingwood (1900-01-17)17 January 1900 |
Died | 25 October 1970(1970-10-25) (aged 70)[1] |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1965)[1] CBE Knight Bachelor (1962) FRSE DL |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Cambridge Aberystwyth University Durham University University of Paris |
Thesis | Contributions to the Theory of Integral Functions[2] (1929) |
Academic advisors | John Edensor Littlewood[2] |
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