James H. Davenport

James Davenport
Davenport in 2001
Born
James Harold Davenport

(1953-09-26) 26 September 1953
EducationMarlborough College
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA, PhD)
AwardsNational Teaching Fellowship (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsCryptography
Computer algebra systems
Institutions[[University of Bath], [British Army]]
ThesisOn the integration of algebraic functions (1979)
Doctoral advisorJohn ffitch
Arthur Norman
Websitepeople.bath.ac.uk/masjhd

James Harold Davenport (born 26 September 1953) is a British computer scientist who works in computer algebra. Having done his PhD and early research at the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, he is the Hebron and Medlock Professor of Information Technology at the University of Bath in Bath, England.