J. H. C. Whitehead | |
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| Born | John Henry Constantine Whitehead 11 November 1904 |
| Died | 8 May 1960 (aged 55) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Oxford University Princeton University |
| Known for | Collapse CW complex Crossed module Simple homotopy Whitehead conjecture Whitehead group Whitehead link Whitehead manifold Whitehead problem Whitehead product Whitehead theorem Whitehead torsion Whitehead tower Whitehead's algorithm Whitehead's lemma Spanier–Whitehead duality |
| Awards | Senior Berwick Prize (1948) Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Oxford University |
| Doctoral advisor | Oswald Veblen |
| Doctoral students | |
John Henry Constantine Whitehead FRS[1] (11 November 1904 – 8 May 1960), known as "Henry", was a British mathematician and was one of the founders of homotopy theory. He was born in Chennai (then known as Madras), in India, and died in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1960.
- ^ a b Newman, M. H. A. (1961). "John Henry Constantine Whitehead. 1904-1960". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 7: 349–363. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1961.0025. S2CID 72115726.