H. S. M. Coxeter

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geometer human mathematician

H. S. M. Coxeter was a prominent 20th-century British-Canadian mathematician renowned for his pioneering work in geometry, especially in the study of polytopes and higher-dimensional spaces.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
H. S. M. Coxeter canonical	7
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter	6
Canadian mathematician H. S. M. Coxeter	1
Coxeter	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geometer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ
awardReceived	Order of Canada ⓘ Sylvester Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Canada ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1907-02-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2003-03-31 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Harold Davenport ⓘ Henry Frederick Baker ⓘ
educatedAt	Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
employer	University of Toronto ⓘ
familyName	H. S. M. Coxeter self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Coxeter
fieldOfWork	geometry ⓘ group theory ⓘ higher-dimensional geometry ⓘ non-Euclidean geometry ⓘ polytope theory ⓘ projective geometry ⓘ reflection groups ⓘ
givenName	Harold ⓘ MacDonald ⓘ Scott ⓘ
influenced	Donald Coxeter’s students in geometry ⓘ M. C. Escher ⓘ
knownFor	Weyl group ⓘ surface form: Coxeter groups Coxeter–Dynkin diagrams ⓘ classification of regular polytopes ⓘ popularization of geometry ⓘ work on reflection groups ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Royal Society ⓘ Royal Society of Canada ⓘ
notableStudent	Branko Grünbaum ⓘ Ludwig Danzer ⓘ
notableWork	Introduction to Geometry ⓘ Non-Euclidean Geometry ⓘ Regular Complex Polytopes ⓘ Regular Polytopes ⓘ The Beauty of Geometry ⓘ The Fifty-Nine Icosahedra ⓘ The Real Projective Plane ⓘ The Twelvefold Way ⓘ
occupation	university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	Toronto ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	Toronto ⓘ

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