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James H. Wilkinson

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James Hardy Wilkinson, a Fellow of the Royal Society, was a prominent figure in the field of numerical analysis, a field at the boundary of applied mathematics and computer science particularly useful to physics and engineering. In 1970 he won the ACM Turing Award.

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Birth Year
1919 1
Birth Date
1919-09-27 2
Death Date
1986-10-05 2
Death Year
1986 1
Field
Numerical analysis 2
Death Place
Teddington, United Kingdom 1
Nationality
United Kingdom 1
Notable Work
backward error analysis 1
Birthplace
Strood, United Kingdom 1
Field
Field (category)
Mathematics 1
Field (category)
Computer Science 1
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1. James H. Wilkinson (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +1986-10-05T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United Kingdom
    Q145
  • P20 (place of death): Teddington, United Kingdom
    Q2281721
  • P19 (place of birth): Strood, United Kingdom
    Q1808441
  • P800 (notable work): backward error analysis
    Q26944805
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2. James H. Wilkinson - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 1
    James Hardy Wilkinson FRS (27 September 1919 - 5 October 1986) was a prominent figure in the field of numerical analysis, a field at the boundary of applied mathematics and computer science particularly useful to physics and engineering.
  • Lead paragraph, death date
    James Hardy Wilkinson FRS (27 September 1919 - 5 October 1986) was a prominent figure in the field of numerical analysis, a field at the boundary of applied mathematics and computer science particularly useful to physics and engineering.
  • Lead paragraph, field descriptor
    James Hardy Wilkinson FRS (27 September 1919 - 5 October 1986) was a prominent figure in the field of numerical analysis, a field at the boundary of applied mathematics and computer science particularly useful to physics and engineering.
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