George Ballard Mathews worked in mathematics at a period when the field's own foundations were under discussion.
The record lists George Ballard Mathews as British mathematician.
George Ballard Mathews was born at Canonbury in 1861. His recorded nationality is United Kingdom. He studied at St John's College and Ludlow College.
The nineteenth century made mathematics rigorous: definitions were tightened, foundations questioned, and whole fields created from scratch.
His academic posts were held at University of Cambridge, Bangor University and Bangor University.
The recorded fields of work are number theory and mathematics.
A theorem is permanent in a way no experiment can be, which raises the standard for entry.
The honours record reads: Fellow of the Royal Society (1897) and Smith's Prize (1884).
That the work was done from United Kingdom matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
George Ballard Mathews died in 1922, aged 61. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Fellow of the Royal Society — 1897
- Smith's Prize — 1884
- Held posts at University of Cambridge, Bangor University and Bangor University
- Fields: number theory and mathematics
