R. W. H. T. Hudson
Ronald William Henry Turnbull Hudson (16 July 1876 – 20 September 1904) was a British mathematician.
R. W. H. T. Hudson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 July 1875 |
| Died | 20 September 1904 (aged 29) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge University of London |
| Awards | Smith's Prize (1900) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | University of Liverpool |
Ronald W.H.T. Hudson was considered in his day to be the most gifted geometer in all of Cambridge. Hudson's life was cut short when he died in a mountaineering accident at the age of 28, but his posthumously-published book Kummer's Quartic Surface allows mathematicians today access to his work.[1]
He was the son of W.H.H. Hudson, Professor of mathematics at King's College London. Hudson's sister, Hilda Hudson was likewise a gifted mathematician, being a graduate of Newnham, a lecturer at the University of Berlin, and ultimately being awarded the O.B.E. in 1919.[2]
Publications
- Hudson, R. W. H. T. (1990), Kummer's Quartic Surface, Cambridge Mathematical Library, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-39790-2, MR 1097176
References
- "Kummer's quartic surface". Cambridge [Eng.] University Press. 8 October 2023.
- Barrow-Green, June; Gray, Jeremy (2006). "Geometry at Cambridge, 1863–1940". Historia Mathematica. 33 (3): 315–56. doi:10.1016/j.hm.2005.09.002.
- Gardiner, Robert Barlow (1906), The admission registers of St. Paul's school from 1876 to 1905, London: Bell
- F.S.M. (1904), "Obituary: R. W. H. T. Hudson", The Mathematical Gazette, The Mathematical Association, 3 (47): 73–75, doi:10.1017/S0025557200241454, ISSN 0025-5572, JSTOR 3603630
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