C. Brian Haselgrove

Brian Haselgrove
Born	26 September 1926(1926-09-26)
Died	27 May 1964(1964-05-27) (aged 37)
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Doctoral advisor	Albert Ingham
Known for	disproof of Pólya conjecture

Colin Brian Haselgrove (26 September 1926 – 27 May 1964) was an English mathematician who is best known for his disproof of the Pólya conjecture in 1958.

Haselgrove was educated at Blundell's School and from there won a scholarship to King's College, University of Cambridge. He obtained his Ph.D., which was supervised by Albert Ingham, from Cambridge in 1956.

External links

• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "C. Brian Haselgrove", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Haselgrove.html .
• C. Brian Haselgrove at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.