Herbert Turnbull
| Herbert Turnbull | |
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| Born |
Herbert Westren Turnbull 31 August 1885 Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 4 May 1961 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | British |
| Institutions | University of St Andrews |
| Doctoral students | Walter Ledermann[1] |
| Notable awards |
Smith's Prize (1909) Fellow of the Royal Society[2] |
Herbert Westren Turnbull (31 August 1885 – 4 May 1961) was an English mathematician.[1][2][3] From 1921 to 1950 he was Regius Professor of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews.[4]
References
- 1 2 Herbert Turnbull at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- 1 2 Aitken, A. C. (1962). "Herbert Westren Turnbull 1885-1961". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 8: 149. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1962.0011. JSTOR 769468.
- ↑ "Herbert Westren Turnbull". Britannica.com. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ↑ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Herbert Westren Turnbull", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
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