Nationality British Role Mathematician Fields Mathematician Residence United Kingdom | Academic advisors Karl Pearson Awards De Morgan Medal Name Philip Hall | |
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Born 11 April 1904
Hampstead, London, England ( 1904-04-11 ) Institutions University of Cambridge Alma mater University of Cambridge Doctoral students Paul Cohn
James Green
Brian Hartley
Bernhard Neumann
Derek Taunt Died December 30, 1982, Cambridge Books The collected works of Philip Hall, Jobseekers Guide to a Galaxy Education University of Cambridge, King's College, Cambridge Similar People Bernhard Neumann, Sandy Green, William Burnside, Garrett Birkhoff, Karl Pearson |
Philip Hall FRS (11 April 1904 – 30 December 1982), was an English mathematician. His major work was on group theory, notably on finite groups and solvable groups.
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He was educated first at Christ's Hospital, where he won the Thompson Gold Medal for mathematics, and later at King's College, Cambridge. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1951 and awarded its Sylvester Medal in 1961. He was President of the London Mathematical Society in 1955–1957, and awarded its Berwick Prize in 1958 and De Morgan Medal in 1965.
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