Jump to content

John Charles Burkill

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Rjwilmsi (talk | contribs) at 14:27, 2 August 2017 (top: Journal cites: fix page range, using AWB (12158)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

John Charles Burkill FRS[1] (1 February 1900, Holt, Norfolk, England – 6 April 1993, Sheffield, England) was an English mathematician who worked on analysis and introduced the Burkill integral. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.[1][2][3] In 1948, Burkill won the Adams Prize. He was Master of Peterhouse until 1973.

References

  1. ^ a b Pitt, Harry (1994). "John Charles Burkill. 1 February 1900-6 April 1993". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 40: 44–59. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1994.0028.
  2. ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "John Charles Burkill", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
  3. ^ Pitt, H. R. (1998). "John Charles Burkill". Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 30: 85. doi:10.1112/S0024609397003767.
Academic offices
Preceded by Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge
1968–1973
Succeeded by