Henry F. Baker
Henry F. Baker | |
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| Born | Henry Frederick Baker 3 July 1866 Cambridge, England |
| Died | 17 March 1956 (aged 89) Cambridge, England |
| Resting place | Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge, England |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Baker–Campbell–Hausdorff formula Cremona–Richmond configuration Eleven-point conic |
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| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | Arthur Cayley |
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Henry Frederick Baker FRS FRSE (3 July 1866 – 17 March 1956) was a British mathematician, working mainly in algebraic geometry, but also remembered for contributions to partial differential equations (related to what would become known as solitons), and Lie groups.