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Charles William Gear

British-American mathematician (1935–2022)
Person human Q15790711

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[23]
Date of birth
February 1, 1935
Date of death
March 15, 2022
Place of birth
London
Place of death
Princeton
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
mathematician, computer scientist
Employer
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign[10]
Field of work
informatics, mathematics[8][9]
Educated at
University of Cambridge, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign[11][12]
Award received
IEEE Fellow, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, ACM Fellow, Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, honorary doctor of Royal Institute of Technology[14][15][16][17][18]
Doctoral advisor
Abraham H. Taub[13]
Doctoral student
Linda Petzold, Anthony Theodore Chronopoulos, Benedict Leimkuhler, Kai-Wen Tu, Kyle A. Gallivan, Dennis Brooke Gannon, John Shilling[24][25][26][27][28][29][30]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[34]
Family name
吉尔[31]
Given name
Charles, William[32][33]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[35]
Member of
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Association for Computing Machinery, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[19][20][21][22]
🏷️ Also known as
en C. William Gear en Charles William Gear cs C. W. Gear cs Charles William Gear cs C. W.(Charles William) Gear da Charles William Gear fi Charles William Gear it Charles William Gear pt Charles William Gear
🔖 Identifiers · 30
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
85192705
Library of Congress authority ID
n79091249
GND ID
1051527058
Academic Tree ID
761127
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12379950m
CONOR.SI ID
305142115
DBLP author ID
g/CWilliamGear
Encyclopædia Britannica contributor ID
1043
Freebase ID
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IdRef ID
073262730
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KBR person ID
13970137
MR Author ID
72120
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
24924
NL CR AUT ID
stk2007393763
NLA Trove people ID
1207505
NUKAT ID
n95207878
National Academy of Engineering member ID
29332
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007460156405171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810670656305606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073143170
Open Library ID
OL147834A
Parsifal cluster ID
558167
Prabook ID
361726, 2500948
SHARE Catalogue author ID
13865
UOM ID
73454
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/7a525dbf-8c85-44c1-aaea-01651023601c
ZbMATH author ID
gear.charles-william

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🔗 Connections
Member of 4
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Association for Computing Machinery, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Award received 3
ACM Fellow, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, IEEE Fellow
Doctoral student 2
Linda Petzold, Dennis Brooke Gannon
Doctoral students 2
Linda Petzold, Dennis Brooke Gannon
Educated at 2
University of Cambridge, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Field of work 2
mathematics, informatics
Given name 2
William, Charles
Occupation 2
mathematician, computer scientist
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral advisor 1
Abraham H. Taub
Doctoral advisors 1
Abraham H. Taub
Employer 1
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
London
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Charles William Gear was born on February 1, 1935[1], in London[2]. He died on March 15, 2022[3], in Princeton[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5] and computer scientist[6].

Why It Matters

His notable doctoral advisees include Linda Petzold[36], a mathematician[37], b. 1954[38], of United States[39], awarded the ACM Fellow[40], specialised in computer science[41] and Dennis Brooke Gannon[42], a computer scientist[43], b. 1947[44], specialised in theory of differential equations[45].

FAQs

Where was Charles William Gear born?

Charles William Gear was born in London[2].

Where did Charles William Gear die?

Charles William Gear died in Princeton[4].

What did Charles William Gear do for work?

Charles William Gear worked as a mathematician[5] and computer scientist[6].

Where did Charles William Gear go to school?

Charles William Gear was educated at University of Cambridge[11] and University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign[12].

What awards did Charles William Gear receive?

Honors received include IEEE Fellow[14], Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[15], ACM Fellow[16], and Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[17].

Related Entities

computer scientist Dennis Brooke Gannon informatics Linda Petzold London mathematics United States University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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  1. [2] ↑ . Contemporary Authors. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Contemporary Authors. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Contemporary Authors. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . Contemporary Authors. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . awards.acm.org. Retrieved . awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . siam.org. Retrieved . siam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . kth.se. Retrieved . kth.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [28] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [19] ↑ . Contemporary Authors. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [20] ↑ . awards.acm.org. Retrieved . awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [22] ↑ . siam.org. Retrieved . siam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [1] ↑ . Contemporary Authors. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [3] ↑ . matherhodge.com. matherhodge.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Contemporary Authors. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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