Edward Collingwood
Sir Edward Foyle Collingwood CBE FRS FRSE DL LLD (17 January 1900 – 25 October 1970) was an English mathematician and scientist. He was a member of the Eglingham branch of a prominent Northumbrian family, the son of Col. Cuthbert Collingwood of the Lancashire Fusiliers, whose family seat was at Lilburn Tower, near Wooler, Northumberland. His great grandfather was a brother of Admiral Lord Collingwood.
Sir Edward Collingwood | |
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Photo courtesy of Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach | |
| Born | Edward Foyle Collingwood 17 January 1900 Lilburn Tower |
| Died | 25 October 1970 (aged 70) Lilburn Tower |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1965) CBE Knight Bachelor (1962) FRSE DL |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge Aberystwyth University Durham University University of Paris |
| Thesis | Contributions to the Theory of Integral Functions (1929) |
| Academic advisors | John Edensor Littlewood |
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