About Frank Smithies
Lived 1912 – 2002 (aged 90). Frank Smithies was a British mathematician and historian of mathematics.
Frank Smithies FRSE (10 March 1912 – 16 November 2002) was a British mathematician who worked on integral equations, functional analysis, and the history of mathematics. He was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1961. He was an alumnus and an academic of Cambridge University.
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Who was Frank Smithies?
British mathematician (1912–2002)
When was Frank Smithies born?
Frank Smithies was born on 10 March 1912 in Edinburgh.
When did Frank Smithies die?
Frank Smithies died on 16 November 2002 in Cambridge.
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Frank Smithies was a mathematician and historian of mathematics.
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Frank Smithies was British.
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