J. H. C. Whitehead
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 65 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 11,1904 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Chennai |
| India | |
| Date of died | May 8,1960 |
| Died | Princeton |
| New Jersey | |
| United States | |
| Parents | Henry Whitehead |
| Known for | CW complex |
| Simple-homotopy equivalence | |
| Job | Mathematician |
| Education | University of Oxford |
| Princeton University | |
| Balliol College | |
| Eton College | |
| Books | Mathematical Works of J. H. C. Whitehead: Differential Geometry with a Biographical Note |
| Mathematical Works of J. H. C. Whitehead: Algebraic and Classical Topology | |
| The Mathematical Works of J. H. C. Whitehead: Complexes and manifolds | |
| The Foundations of Differential Geometry | |
| Awards | Berwick Prize |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | |
| Current partner | Barbara Sheila Carew Smyth |
| Doctor student | Ronald Brown |
| Graham Higman | |
| Peter Hilton | |
| Ioan James | |
| Wilson Sutherland | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 652880 |
J. H. C. Whitehead Life story
John Henry Constantine Whitehead FRS, known as Henry, was a British mathematician and was one of the founders of homotopy theory. He was born in Chennai, in India, and died in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1960.
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