William Kingdon Clifford
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 145 years ago |
Date of birth | May 4,1845 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Exeter |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | March 3,1879 |
Died | Madeira |
Portugal | |
Spouse | Lucy Clifford |
Children | Ethel Clifford |
Alma mater | King's College |
Grandchildren | Christopher Dilke |
Sir John Fisher Wentworth Dilke, 5th Bt. | |
Michael Clifford Wentworth Dilke | |
Books | The Ethics of Belief |
Parents | William Clifford |
Frances Kingdon | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 416918 |
William Kingdon Clifford Life story
William Kingdon Clifford FRS was an English mathematician and philosopher. Building on the work of Hermann Grassmann, he introduced what is now termed geometric algebra, a special case of the Clifford algebra named in his honour.