John Charles Fields

John Charles Fields
John Charles Fields
Born(1863-05-14)May 14, 1863
DiedAugust 9, 1932(1932-08-09) (aged 69)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Resting placeHamilton Cemetery
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
Johns Hopkins University
Known forFields Medal, Fields Institute
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
ThesisSymbolic Finite Solutions and Solutions by Definite Integrals of the Equation dny/dxn = xmy (1886)
Doctoral studentsSamuel 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.

  1. ^ 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.