Alfred George Greenhill
1847 - 1927
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George Greenhill graduated from Cambridge and became Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. His main work was on Elliptic Functions but he published widely on applications of mathematics to practical problems. He became an honorary member of the EMS in 1908.
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| Honours awarded to George Greenhill (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| London Maths Society President | 1890 - 1892 |
| LMS De Morgan Medal | 1902 |
| Speaker at International Congress | 1904 |
| Royal Society Royal Medal | 1906 |
| Honorary Fellow of the Edinburgh Maths Society | 1908 |
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