Christopher Longuet-Higgins

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Christopher Longuet-Higgins was a British theoretical chemist and cognitive scientist known for his influential work in artificial intelligence and the study of human perception and cognition.

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instanceOf British scientist
artificial intelligence researcher
cognitive scientist
human
theoretical chemist
academicDegree Doctor of Philosophy
almaMater University of Oxford
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1923-04-11
dateOfDeath 2004-03-27
doctoralAdvisor Charles Coulson
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford
The Leys School
employer Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Edinburgh
University of Sussex
familyName Longuet-Higgins
fieldOfWork artificial intelligence
cognitive science
computer vision
music cognition
theoretical chemistry
theoretical physics
gender male
givenName Christopher
hasRelative Hugh Longuet-Higgins
honorificTitle Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
surface form: Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
knownFor applications of group theory to molecular symmetry
contributions to theoretical chemistry
pioneering work in artificial intelligence
research on human perception and cognition
languageSpoken English
memberOf Royal Society
Royal Society of Edinburgh
name Christopher Longuet-Higgins self-link
nationality British
notableWork Longuet-Higgins theorem in molecular symmetry
research on molecular orbital theory
work on the perception of motion in computer vision
work on the perception of music and rhythm
placeOfBirth Lenham, Kent
placeOfDeath Lewes, East Sussex
positionHeld founding director of the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex
head of Department of Machine Intelligence and Perception, University of Edinburgh
professor of cognitive science
professor of theoretical chemistry
sibling Christopher Longuet-Higgins self-linksurface differs
surface form: Michael Longuet-Higgins

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Geoffrey Hinton doctoralAdvisor Christopher Longuet-Higgins
Christopher Longuet-Higgins name Christopher Longuet-Higgins self-link
Christopher Longuet-Higgins sibling Christopher Longuet-Higgins self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Michael Longuet-Higgins
Longuet-Higgins hasNotableBearer Christopher Longuet-Higgins
this entity surface form: H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins
Longuet-Higgins theorem in molecular symmetry namedAfter Christopher Longuet-Higgins
this entity surface form: Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins
Charles Coulson notableStudent Christopher Longuet-Higgins
this entity surface form: H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins
Hugh Longuet-Higgins child Christopher Longuet-Higgins