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Derek Allan Holton

mathematician in New Zealand (born 1941)
Person Human Q61163866

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
1941
Country of citizenship
New Zealand[3]
Occupation
mathematician
Employer
University of Otago[6]
Position held
professor emeritus, full professor[4][5]
Educated at
McGill University[7]
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, Fellow of the New Zealand Mathematical Society[9][10]
Doctoral advisor
Hans Schwerdtfeger[8]
Doctoral student
Brendan McKay, Chris Godsil, Sheng Bau, Richard Taylor, Kevin Lawrence McAvaney, Naomi Ingram, Jordana Susan Lea Norrish[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[23]
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy[19]
Erdős number
+1[24]
Family name
Holton[20]
Given name
Derek, Allan[21][22]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[26]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NZThesisProject[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en D. A. Holton en Derek A. Holton en Derek Allan Holton en Derek Holton
🔖 Identifiers · 31
ISNI
0000000109040007
ORCID iD
0009-0007-7383-4179
VIAF cluster ID
56681711
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n91034299
GND ID
115636390
BIBSYS ID
7046491
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
HoltonDerekAllan1941-
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12334566v
CANTIC ID
981058520050706706
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10329361
CiNii Research ID
1140000791580479488
DDB person (GND) ID
115636390
Show all 31 identifiers +19
IdRef ID
074077775
J9U entity ID
987007439739405171
Libraries Australia ID
35203849
MR Author ID
87710
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
61582
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA05619998
NL CR AUT ID
skuk0003092
NUKAT ID
n99051172
National Library of Latvia ID
000043078
National Virtual Library of India ID
419k (143k–419k, n=3)
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
074302965
Open Library ID
OL759886A
RERO ID (legacy)
A003380713, A005850815
SHARE Catalogue author ID
103723
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058520050706706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1012871
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvRXRGqkTwjcbRqyhyyBP
Yale LUX ID
person/675623d9-c987-4586-8924-8d8316ff59ab
ZbMATH author ID
holton.derek-allan

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Summary

Derek Allan Holton was born in 1941[1]. He has worked as a mathematician[2].

FAQs

What did Derek Allan Holton do for work?

Derek Allan Holton worked as a mathematician[2].

Where did Derek Allan Holton go to school?

Derek Allan Holton was educated at McGill University[7].

What awards did Derek Allan Holton receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi[9] and Fellow of the New Zealand Mathematical Society[10].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] ↑ . general catalog of BnF. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . otago.ac.nz. Retrieved . otago.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . otago.ac.nz. Retrieved . otago.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved . royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . nzmathsoc.org.nz. Retrieved . nzmathsoc.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Affect and Identity: The Mathematical Journeys of Adolescents. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved . royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . British National Bibliography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . sites.google.com. Retrieved . sites.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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