John Williamson

1901 - 1949

John Williamson graduated from Edinburgh University and then had an appointment at St Andrews. He spent some time in Chicago and eventually moved to the USA to a post at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. His most important work was in Algebra.
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List of References (3 books/articles)

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Additional Material in MacTutor

  1. John Williamson papers
  2. Obituary: Edinburgh Mathematical Notes

Honours awarded to John Williamson
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Fellow of the Royal Society of EdinburghElected 1928

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