Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker: Quick Facts
Facts
| Born | October 24, 1873 • Southport • England |
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| Died | March 24, 1956 (aged 82) • Edinburgh • Scotland |
| Awards And Honors | Copley Medal (1954) |
| Notable Works | “A Course of Modern Analysis” • “A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity, from the Age of Descartes to the Close of the Nineteenth Century” |
| Subjects Of Study | special function |
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