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Name
  
C. Haselgrove

Doctoral advisor
  
Albert Ingham

Died
  
May 27, 1964


Born
  
26 September 1926 (
1926-09-26
)

Alma mater
  
University of Cambridge

Thesis
  
Some theorems in the analytic theory of numbers (1956)

Known for
  
disproof of Polya conjecture

Education
  
University of Cambridge

Notable awards
  
Smith's Prize (1950)

Colin Brian Haselgrove (26 September 1926 – 27 May 1964) was an English mathematician who is best known for his disproof of the Pólya conjecture in 1958.

Haselgrove was educated at Blundell's School and from there won a scholarship to King's College, University of Cambridge. He obtained his Ph.D., which was supervised by Albert Ingham, from Cambridge in 1956.

Personal life

Haselgrove was married to fellow mathematician Jenifer Haselgrove.

References

C. Brian Haselgrove Wikipedia