MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

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MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

Summary

MacTutor History of Mathematics archive is a website[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • MacTutor History of Mathematics archive is the creator of John O'Connor[3].
  • MacTutor History of Mathematics archive is the creator of Edmund Robertson[4].
  • MacTutor History of Mathematics archive received the Hirst Prize and Lectureship[5].
  • MacTutor History of Mathematics archive received the Comenius Medal[6].
  • MacTutor History of Mathematics archive's instance of is recorded as website[7].
  • MacTutor History of Mathematics archive's owned by is recorded as University of St Andrews[8].
  • +1995-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of MacTutor History of Mathematics archive[9].
  • MacTutor History of Mathematics archive's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04ks61[10].
  • MacTutor History of Mathematics archive's official website is recorded as https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/[11].
  • MacTutor History of Mathematics archive's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1563[12].
  • MacTutor History of Mathematics archive's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'MacTutor History of Mathematics archive'}[13].

Body

Works and Contributions

Created works include John O'Connor[3], a mathematician[14], b. 1945[15], of United Kingdom[16], specialised in topology[17] and Edmund Robertson[4], a mathematician[18], b. 1943[19], of United Kingdom[20], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[21], specialised in group theory[22].

Recognition

Awards received include Hirst Prize and Lectureship[5], a class of award[23], in United Kingdom[24] and Comenius Medal[6], a medallion[25], in Czechoslovakia[26], founded in 1953[27].

Why It Matters

MacTutor History of Mathematics archive ranks in the top 8% of website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did MacTutor History of Mathematics archive receive?

Honors received include Hirst Prize and Lectureship[5] and Comenius Medal[6].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . lms.ac.uk. lms.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . impact.ref.ac.uk. impact.ref.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . impact.ref.ac.uk. impact.ref.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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