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Desmond Higham

British mathematician
Person human Q5264739

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
February 17, 1964
Place of birth
Salford
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[6]
Occupation
mathematician, university teacher, researcher
Employer
University of Strathclyde[10]
Field of work
mathematics, numerical analysis, data analysis[7][8][9]
Educated at
Victoria University of Manchester, University of Manchester[11][12]
Award received
Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[15][16]
Sibling
Nicholas Higham[23]
Doctoral advisor
George Hall, George G. Hall[13][14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[22]
Given name
Desmond[21]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[24]
Member of
Royal Society of Edinburgh, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[17][18]
Residence
United Kingdom[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Desmond Higham en Desmond John Higham cs Desmond J. Higham cs D. J. (Desmond J.) Higham fa دزموند هیگهام
🔖 Identifiers · 26
ISNI
0000000121981651
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6635-3461
VIAF cluster ID
166812807
Library of Congress authority ID
nr95022175
GND ID
173028438
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14511147z
CANTIC ID
981058608640806706
CONOR.SI ID
35721571
DBLP author ID
74/2160
Freebase ID
/m/0lq68qq
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11l7hc03vf
Google Scholar author ID
DHQy3wcHP4kC
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IdRef ID
056264631
MR Author ID
85680
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
184119
NL CR AUT ID
mub2011638616
NUKAT ID
n2004079451
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007386044205171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200604432
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
288522397
Prabook ID
2385681
SHARE Catalogue author ID
253936
UOM ID
86088
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvMthwJ63hFMFXdMfycfq
Yale LUX ID
person/e6f527b7-6b16-4048-b174-745f395713b0
ZbMATH author ID
higham.desmond-j

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Summary

Desmond Higham was born on February 17, 1964[1], in Salford[2]. He has worked as a mathematician[3], university teacher[4], and researcher[5].

FAQs

Where was Desmond Higham born?

Desmond Higham's place of birth was Salford[2].

What did Desmond Higham do for work?

Desmond Higham worked as a mathematician[3], university teacher[4], and researcher[5].

Where did Desmond Higham go to school?

Desmond Higham was educated at Victoria University of Manchester[11] and University of Manchester[12].

What awards did Desmond Higham receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[15] and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . siam.org. Retrieved . siam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . siam.org. Retrieved . siam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Google Knowledge Graph ID → /g/11l7hc03vf
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