Person: Whittaker (2), John

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John Macnaghten Whittaker worked in Quantum Mechanics and Complex Analysis. He became Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield University.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 7 March 1905, Cambridge, England. Died 29 January 1984, Sheffield, England.

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Origin England


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Github:
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@J-J-O'Connor
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References

Adapted from other CC BY-SA 4.0 Sources:

  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive