John Charles Fields

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Canadian mathematician human mathematician

John Charles Fields was a Canadian mathematician best known for founding and endowing the Fields Medal, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian mathematician → human → mathematician →
academicDegree	PhD in mathematics →
awardNamedAfter	Fields Medal →
bequest	funds to support the Fields Medal after his death →
birthDate	1863-05-14 →
birthPlace	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada →
causeOfDeath	pneumonia →
countryOfCitizenship	Canada →
deathDate	1932-08-09 →
doctoralAdvisor	Simon Newcomb →
educatedAt	Johns Hopkins University → University of Toronto →
employer	University of Toronto →
era	19th-century mathematics → 20th-century mathematics →
familyName	Fields →
fieldOfWork	algebraic functions → function theory → mathematics → potential theory →
gender	male →
givenName	John →
influenced	development of international mathematical awards →
inspiredBy	Niels Henrik Abel Prize model for international recognition in mathematics →
knownFor	endowing the Fields Medal → founding the Fields Medal → organizing the 1924 International Mathematical Congress in Toronto → promoting international cooperation in mathematics →
languageSpoken	English →
legacy	Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences named in his honor →
memberOf	Royal Society (London) → Royal Society of Canada →
middleName	Charles →
name	John Charles Fields →
nationality	Canadian →
occupation	university professor →
organized	International Mathematical Congress 1924 in Toronto →
placeOfDeath	Toronto, Ontario, Canada →
positionHeld	president of the Royal Canadian Institute →
residence	Berlin, German Empire → Göttingen, German Empire → Paris, France → Toronto, Ontario, Canada →
workedOn	algebraic functions of a complex variable → potential theory in mathematical physics → theory of functions →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Charles Fields →	name
Fields Medal →	namedAfter