W. G. Brown

Canadian mathematician
Person human Q61764366
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W. G. Brown

Summary

W. G. Brown is a human[1]. He worked as a mathematician[2]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[3]

Key Facts

  • W. G. Brown held citizenship in Canada[4].
  • W. G. Brown worked as a mathematician[2].
  • W. G. Brown was employed by McGill University[5].
  • Among W. G. Brown's employers was University of British Columbia[6].
  • W. G. Brown was educated at University of Toronto[7].
  • W. G. Brown's doctoral advisor was Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter[8].
  • W. G. Brown's doctoral advisor was W. T. Tutte[9].
  • W. G. Brown is recorded as male[10].
  • W. G. Brown's instance of is recorded as human[11].
  • W. G. Brown's ISNI is recorded as 0000000075006598[12].
  • W. G. Brown's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 296097442[13].
  • W. G. Brown's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 15931[14].
  • W. G. Brown's family name is recorded as Brown[15].
  • W. G. Brown's given name is recorded as William[16].
  • W. G. Brown's zbMATH author ID is recorded as brown.william-g[17].
  • W. G. Brown's Erdős number is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+1'}[18].
  • W. G. Brown's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11h3jcytln[19].
  • W. G. Brown's MR Author ID is recorded as 42240[20].
  • W. G. Brown's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[21].
  • W. G. Brown's Canadiana Name Authority ID is recorded as ncf10151108[22].

Body

Education

W. G. Brown's education included a stint at University of Toronto[7]. Doctoral advisors include Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter[8], a mathematician[23], 1907–2003[24], of United Kingdom[25], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society[26], specialised in geometry[27] and W. T. Tutte[9], a mathematician[28], 1917–2002[29], of United Kingdom[30], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society[31], specialised in combinatorics[32].

Career and Affiliations

W. G. Brown's professions included mathematician[2]. Employers include McGill University[5], a public research university[33], in Canada[34], founded in 1821[35], headquartered in Montreal[36] and University of British Columbia[6], a public research university[37], in Canada[38], founded in 1908[39], headquartered in Vancouver[40].

Why It Matters

W. G. Brown ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[3]

FAQs

What did W. G. Brown do for work?

W. G. Brown worked as mathematician[2].

Where did W. G. Brown go to school?

W. G. Brown was educated at University of Toronto[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  5. [2] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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