In the history of mathematics, W. B. R. Lickorish is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists W. B. R. Lickorish as mathematician.
W. B. R. Lickorish was born in 1935. His recorded nationality is United Kingdom. He studied at University of Cambridge.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
The recorded fields of work are topology.
Mathematical work is judged by whether anyone can build on it, and that judgement takes decades.
Recognition followed: Senior Whitehead Prize (1991).
That the work was done from United Kingdom matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Achievements
- Senior Whitehead Prize — 1991
- Fields: topology
