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Henry Frederick Baker was a British mathematician and astronomer who worked as a university teacher at the University of Cambridge. Born in Cambridge in 1866, he was educated at St John's College, University of Cambridge, under the doctoral advisor Arthur Cayley. His professional focus included partial differential equations, mathematics, and algebraic geometry. Baker contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography and is notably associated with the Baker–Campbell–Hausdorff formula.
A member of the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Baker received the De Morgan Medal and the Sylvester Medal. He was recognized in the Royal Society collection. Baker died in Cambridge in 1956. Among his doctoral students were Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, J. A. Todd, Jacob Bronowski, and Louis J. Mordell. He spoke and wrote in English.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frederick
- Family name
- Baker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Cambridge
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- St John's College
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Smith's Prize
- Notable work
- Baker–Campbell–Hausdorff formula
- Doctoral advisor
- Arthur Cayley
- Doctoral student
- Harold Jeffreys
- Image
- Henry Frederick Baker.jpg
- Residence
- United Kingdom
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- member of
- Royal Society
- date of birth
- 1866-07-03
- date of death
- 1956-03-17
- contributed to creative work
- Dictionary of National Biography
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Henry Frederick Baker
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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