H. F. Baker

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Henry Frederick Baker FRS FRSE (3 July 1866 – 17 March 1956) was a British mathematician, working mainly in algebraic geometry, but also remembered for contributions to partial differential equations (related to what would become known as solitons), and Lie groups.

Early life

He was born in Cambridge the son of Henry Baker, a butler, and Sarah Ann Britham.

Education

He was educated at The Perse School before winning a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge in October 1884. Baker graduated as Senior Wrangler in 1887, bracketed with 3 others. His doctoral advisor was Arthur Cayley.

Career Baker was elected Fellow of St John's in 1888 where he remained for 68 years.

In June 1898, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

He married twice. Firstly in 1893, to Lilly Isabella Hamfield Klopp, who died in 1903, then he remarried in 1913, to Muriel Irene Woodyard.

He died in Cambridge and is buried at the Ascension Parish Burial Ground, with his second wife Muriel (1885–1956).

Publications

Abel's theorem and the allied theory, including the theory of the theta functions (Cambridge: The University Press, 1897) An introduction to the theory of multiply periodic functions (Cambridge: The University Press, 1907) 1943 An Introduction to Plane Geometry