Edward Collingwood

Edward Collingwood

Sir Edward Foyle Collingwood FRS DL CBE (17 January1900-25 October1970) 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.

Collingwood was educated at the Royal Naval College at Osborne, Isle of Wight and at Dartmouth Royal Naval College and joined the Royal Navy. By arrangement his first service was aboard HMS "Collingwood" but his naval career was cut short when in 1916 he was invalided out of the Navy following an accidental injury.

In 1918 he enrolled to study mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. His early academic results were not special and in 1922 he moved to Aberystwyth where he became interested in complex analysis and published a paper relating to Nevanlinnas theory. He was awarded the Rayleigh Prize in 1923 and following the award of the Rouse Ball travelling scholarship in 1925 he spent a year at the Sorbonne.

He returned to Cambridge and was in 1929 awarded a doctorate for a thesis entitled "Contributions to the theory of integral functions in finite order"

Collingwood left Cambridge in 1937 when he was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland. He was later appointed Deputy Lieutenant of his home county.

During World War II he served in the RNVR with the rank of Captain and was employed as a naval scientist. In 1945 he was appointed Chief Scientist in the Mine Design department of the Admiralty. For his service he was awarded the CBE.

He returned to mathematics after the war and continued his interest in meromorphic function and in 1949 published his research on the theory of cluster sets.

Collingwood was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1954 and of the Royal Society of London in 1965. He held several professional and civic appointments including President of the London Mathematical Society 1969-70, Chairman of the Council of Durham University from 1953, Chairman of the Newcastle Hospital Board 1953-1968, Vice President of the International Hospital Federation 1959-1967 and Treasurer of the Medical Research Council.

He was knighted in 1962.

He did not marry.

References

* Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Article by M L Cartwright 2004
* [http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Collingwood.html St Andrews University Biographies]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Edward Collingwood — Edward Foyle Collingwood (* 17. Januar 1900 bei Alnwick[1]; † 25. Oktober 1970, ebenda) war ein britischer Mathematiker, der sich vor allem mit Funktionentheorie beschäftigte. Edward Collingwood (Mitte) mit Dieter Gaier, Mary Cartwright …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Collingwood College, Durham — Collingwood College Durham University …   Wikipedia

  • Collingwood — is an English placename (meaning wood of disputed ownership ) and the source of an English habitational surname. It may refer to: Contents 1 Places 2 People with the surname Collingwood …   Wikipedia

  • Collingwood — puede referirse a: Contenido 1 Personajes 2 Lugares 3 Instituciones 4 Otros usos Personajes …   Wikipedia Español

  • Collingwood — ist der Name folgender Orte: Collingwood (Ontario), Gemeinde in Ontario, Kanada Collingwood (Australien), einem Vorort von Melbourne, Australien Collingwood (Neuseeland), Ortschaft in der neuseeländischen Region Tasman in den Vereinigten Staaten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Collingwood — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Patronyme Cedric A. Collingwood, entomologiste britannique Cuthbert Collingwood (1750–1810), amiral de la Royal Navy Cuthbert Collingwood (1826 1908),… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Collingwood Ingram — (1880–1981), ornithologist, plant collector and gardener, was an authority on Japanese flowering cherries and is still widely known as ‘Cherry’ Ingram. Contents 1 Personal life 2 Ornithology 3 Plant collecting and gardening …   Wikipedia

  • Edward Reginald Noble — Edward Reginald „Reg“ Noble (* 23. Juni 1895 in Collingwood, Ontario; † 29. Januar 1962) war ein kanadischer Eishockeyspieler, der von 1917 bis 1933 für die Toronto Arenas bzw. Toronto St. Patricks, Montréal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Edward Frederick Kelaart — Edward Frederick (ou Eduard Fredric) Kelaart est un médecin et un zoologiste britannique, né le 21 novembre 1819[1] à Ceylan et mort le 31 août 1860 en mer alors qu’il regagnait la Grande Bretagne. Ce médecin militaire consacre son temps libre à… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Edward O'Donohue — MLC, born 1 May 1974, Melbourne, Victoria. O Donohue is an Australian politician, and is a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Liberal Party. O Donohue was elected to the Eastern Victoria Region in the Victorian Upper House in… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”