William Vallance Douglas Hodge

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algebraic geometer human mathematician

William Vallance Douglas Hodge was a British mathematician renowned for his foundational work in algebraic geometry and the development of Hodge theory.

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instanceOf algebraic geometer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in mathematics ⓘ
awardReceived De Morgan Medal ⓘ
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) ⓘ
surface form: Fellow of the Royal Society

Knight Bachelor ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
Sylvester Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1903-06-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1975-07-07 ⓘ
educatedAt George Watson's College ⓘ
Pembroke College, Cambridge ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Edinburgh ⓘ
employer Pembroke College, Cambridge ⓘ
University of Bristol ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
familyName Hodge ⓘ
fieldOfWork Hodge theory ⓘ
algebraic geometry ⓘ
differential geometry ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influenced modern algebraic geometry ⓘ
the study of Kähler manifolds ⓘ
influencedBy Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer ⓘ
surface form: L. E. J. Brouwer

Solomon Lefschetz ⓘ
Élie Cartan ⓘ
knownFor development of Hodge theory ⓘ
foundational work in algebraic geometry ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
Royal Society of Edinburgh ⓘ
middleName Vallance Douglas ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork Hodge Conjecture ⓘ
surface form: Hodge conjecture

Hodge decomposition ⓘ
Hodge theory ⓘ
placeOfBirth Edinburgh ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
placeOfDeath CAMBRIDGE ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

England ⓘ
positionHeld Head of the Department of Pure Mathematics at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry ⓘ
surface form: Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge

Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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De Morgan Medal → notableRecipient → William Vallance Douglas Hodge ⓘ
Henry Frederick Baker → notableStudent → William Vallance Douglas Hodge ⓘ