William Henry Young
William Henry Young | |
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| Spouse | Grace Chisholm Young |
| Awards | De Morgan Medal (1917) Sylvester Medal (1928) |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
William Henry Young
Young's Theorem was named after him.[4]
In 1913 he was the first to be appointed to the newly created chair of Hardinge Professorship of Pure Mathematics in Calcutta University which he held from 1913 to 1917. He also held the part-time Professorship of Philosophy and the History of Mathematics at the University of Liverpool from 1913 to 1919.[4]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 2 May 1907.[1] He served as the president of the London Mathematical Society from 1922 to 1924. In 1917 he was awarded the De Morgan Medal of London Mathematical Society and in 1928 the Sylvester Medal of the Royal Society.[4]
He served as the president of the International Mathematical Union from 1929 to 1936.[4]
Works
- 1905: (with Grace Chisholm Young) The First Book of Geometry, J. M. Dent
- 1906: (with Grace Chisholm Young) The Theory of Sets of Points via Internet Archive
- 1910: Fundamental Theorems of the Differential Calculus via Internet Archive
References
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- ^ "Young, William Henry (YN881WH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- S2CID 145586061.
- ^ a b c d O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "William Henry Young", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
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