William V. D. Hodge

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William V. D. Hodge was a Scottish mathematician renowned for his foundational work in algebraic geometry and for developing Hodge theory, which links differential geometry and topology.

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instanceOf Scottish mathematician
human
mathematician
awardReceived Fellow of the Royal Society NERFINISHED
Royal Medal
Sylvester Medal NERFINISHED
birthDate 1903-06-17
birthPlace Edinburgh NERFINISHED
Scotland
countryOfCitizenship Scotland
United Kingdom
deathDate 1975-07-07
educatedAt George Heriot's School NERFINISHED
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Edinburgh
employer Pembroke College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
University of Bristol NERFINISHED
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
familyName Hodge NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork algebraic geometry
differential geometry
mathematics
topology
givenName William
hasAcademicAdvisor H. F. Baker NERFINISHED
influenced Michael Atiyah NERFINISHED
algebraic geometers of the 20th century
influencedBy Solomon Lefschetz NERFINISHED
Élie Cartan NERFINISHED
knownFor Hodge conjecture NERFINISHED
Hodge decomposition NERFINISHED
Hodge theory NERFINISHED
foundational work in algebraic geometry
work on harmonic forms
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Royal Society
Royal Society of Edinburgh NERFINISHED
notableWork The Theory and Applications of Harmonic Integrals NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Cambridge NERFINISHED
England
positionHeld Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge
researchInterest Kähler manifolds
cohomology of algebraic varieties
harmonic forms
sexOrGender male

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