Human Accomplishment: G. H. Hardy

an English mathematician, known for achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis. In biology, for the Hardy–Weinberg principle, a basic principle of population genetics.

Born

Godfrey Harold Hardy 7 February 1877 Cranleigh, Surrey, England

Died

1 December 1947 (aged 70) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Nationality

British

Known for

Hardy–Weinberg principle Hardy–Ramanujan asymptotic formula Critical line theorem Hardy–Littlewood tauberian theorem Hardy space Hardy notation Hardy–Littlewood inequality Hardy's inequality Hardy's theorem

Fields

Mathematics

Alma mater

Trinity College, Cambridge

Awards

Fellow of the Royal Society Smith's Prize (1901) Royal Medal (1920) De Morgan Medal (1929) Chauvenet Prize (1932) Sylvester Medal (1940) Copley Medal (1947)

Institutions

Trinity College, Cambridge New College, Oxford

Academic advisors

A. E. H. Love E. T. Whittaker

adultbasic

Britain

Doctoral students

Mary Cartwright I. J. Good Edward Linfoot Cyril Offord Harry Pitt Richard Rado Robert Rankin Donald Spencer Tirukkannapuram Vijayaraghavan E. M. Wright

era

1800+

Influenced

Srinivasa Ramanujan

Influences

Camille Jordan

Other notable students

Sydney Chapman Edward Titchmarsh Ethel Newbold

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