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Reference code
NewmanM/Box 5/5
Unique identifier
GB 275 NewmanM/Box 5/5
Title
Correspondence with J.H.C. Whitehead
Date(s)
- 1933–1959 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
71 items paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1904-1960)
Biographical history
Admitted at Balliol College, Oxford 1923, first class degree 1926. Studied at Princeton 1928-32 under Oswald Veblen and published, with Veblen, 'The Foundations of Differential Geometry' in 1932. Became Fellow and Tutor at Balliol 1933. Elected F. R. S. in 1944. Wayneflete Professor of Pure Mathematics at Oxford 1947-60. President of London Mathematical Society 1953-5.
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Scope and content
Letters mainly concerning mathematical topics. All letters are from JHCW to MHAN unless otherwise stated.