Harold Davenport

Harold Davenport
Harold Davenport
	Davenport in 1968
Born	30 October 1907; Huncoat, Lancashire, England
Died	9 June 1969 (aged 61); Cambridge, England
Alma mater	University of Manchester; Trinity College, Cambridge
Known for	Davenport–Erdős theorem; Davenport–Schinzel sequences; Davenport–Schmidt theorem; Hasse–Davenport relations;
Children	James H. Davenport
Awards	Rayleigh Prize (1930); Adams Prize (1940); Senior Berwick Prize (1954); Sylvester Medal (1967); Fellow of the Royal Society
	Scientific career
Fields	Number theory
Institutions	University of Manchester; University of Wales; University College London; University of Cambridge
Doctoral advisor	John Edensor Littlewood
Doctoral students	John Horton Conway; Alan Baker; Peter Elliott; H. L. Montgomery; Martin Huxley; G. L. Watson

Harold Davenport FRS (30 October 1907 – 9 June 1969) was an English mathematician, known for his extensive work in number theory.

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