John Charles Fields | |
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 John Charles Fields | |
| Born | May 14, 1863 |
| Died | August 9, 1932 (aged 69) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Resting place | Hamilton Cemetery |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto Johns Hopkins University |
| Known for | Fields Medal, Fields Institute |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Thesis | Symbolic Finite Solutions and Solutions by Definite Integrals of the Equation dny/dxn = xmy (1886) |
| Doctoral students | Samuel Beatty |
John Charles Fields, FRS,[1] FRSC (May 14, 1863 – August 9, 1932) was a Canadian mathematician and the founder of the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics.
- ^ Synge, J. L. (1933). "John Charles Fields. 1863–1932". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1 (2): 131–138. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1933.0010.