James Gourlay Clunie

British mathematician (1926-2013)
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Summary

James Gourlay Clunie was born on October 26, 1926[1], in St Andrews[2]. He died on March 5, 2013[3], in York[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5]. He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: 1926[7]
  • Country of citizenship: United Kingdom[8]
  • Field of work: mathematical analysis[9], complex analysis[10]
  • Employer: University of Keele[11], Imperial College London[12], The Open University[13], University of York[14]
  • Educated at: University of St Andrews[15], University of Aberdeen[16], Madras College[17]
  • Doctoral advisor: Archibald James Macintyre[18]
  • Sex or gender: male[19]
  • Doctoral student: Derek Keith Thomas[20], Qazi Ibadur Rahman[21], James Milne Anderson[22], David Alexander Brannan[23], Taher Ghasemi Honary[24], John Brian Twomey[25], Terence Brian Sheil-Small[26], Raj Rani Mathur[27], Peter Oliver[28], Dinesh Singh[29]
  • Family name: Clunie[30]
  • Given name: James[31], Gourlay[32]
  • Described at URL: https://doi.org/10.1112/blms/bdv014[33]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[34]
  • Erdős number: 1[35]
  • Name: Jim Clunie[36]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[37]
  • Writing language: English[38]

FAQs

Where was James Gourlay Clunie born?

James Gourlay Clunie's place of birth was St Andrews[2].

Where did James Gourlay Clunie die?

James Gourlay Clunie died in York[4].

What did James Gourlay Clunie do for work?

James Gourlay Clunie worked as a mathematician[5].

Where did James Gourlay Clunie go to school?

James Gourlay Clunie was educated at University of St Andrews[15], University of Aberdeen[16], and Madras College[17].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . MacTutor. wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [28] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  25. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  26. [1] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [7] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [3] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . sites.google.com. Retrieved . sites.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Place of birth → St Andrews
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    Library of congress authority id → n80116890
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