Christopher Longuet-Higgins

E15375

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.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf British scientist
artificial intelligence researcher
cognitive scientist
human
theoretical chemist
academicDegree Doctor of Philosophy
almaMater University of Oxford NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1923-04-11
dateOfDeath 2004-03-27
doctoralAdvisor Charles Coulson
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED
The Leys School
employer 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
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
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 Michael Longuet-Higgins

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Geoffrey Hinton
doctoralAdvisor
Longuet-Higgins ("H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins")
hasNotableBearer
Christopher Longuet-Higgins
name
Longuet-Higgins theorem in molecular symmetry ("Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins")
namedAfter
Christopher Longuet-Higgins ("Michael Longuet-Higgins")
sibling

Please wait…