Henry Frederick Baker

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Henry Frederick Baker was a British mathematician renowned for his influential work in algebraic geometry and the theory of functions.

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instanceOf British mathematician ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
academicDiscipline pure mathematics ⓘ
affiliation Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
awardReceived De Morgan Medal ⓘ
Sylvester Medal ⓘ
contributedTo classification of algebraic surfaces ⓘ
modern theory of algebraic curves ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
educatedAt Cambridge University ⓘ
St John's College, Cambridge ⓘ
employer University of Cambridge ⓘ
familyName Baker ⓘ
fieldOfWork algebra ⓘ
algebraic geometry ⓘ
complex analysis ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
theory of functions ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
influenced W. V. D. Hodge ⓘ
influencedBy Bernhard Riemann ⓘ
Felix Klein ⓘ
Henri Poincaré ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
name Henry Frederick Baker ⓘ
notableFor contributions to the theory of functions of a complex variable ⓘ
editing and organizing the papers of George Green ⓘ
systematic development of algebraic geometry ⓘ
work on Abelian functions ⓘ
notableStudent William Vallance Douglas Hodge ⓘ
notableWork Abelian Functions ⓘ
Baker’s theory of Abelian functions ⓘ
Contributions to the theory of algebraic curves ⓘ
Introduction to the Theory of Multiply Periodic Functions ⓘ
Principles of Geometry ⓘ
Theory of Multiply Periodic Functions ⓘ
Treatises on Abelian functions ⓘ
Treatises on algebraic geometry ⓘ
occupation mathematician ⓘ
positionHeld professor of pure mathematics at Cambridge ⓘ
workplace Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ

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