Bennett, Geoffrey Thomas (1868 - 1943)

Teacher, student

Geoffrey Thomas Bennett was professor at Emmanuel College from the end of XIX century till his death in the ‘40s by carrying out an intense activity for teaching, research in Mathematics and mechanisms Kinematics. He was a personality of reference in his time within national frames because of a recognized reputation of his works that still today are considered of fundamental importance in Mathematics. Mathematics, Algebraic geometry, Kinematics

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Bennett, Geoffrey Thomas

Curriculum vitae

* 1868	Clerkenwell	born
1886		he had been awarded a scholarship to study mathematics at St John's College, Cambridge
1892		He was elected Fellow of University College as a distinguished alumnus
1893		He was appointed at Emmanuel College to be College Lecturer in Mathematics
1914		He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1914
1918		After the war ended in 1918, he returned to Emmanuel College where he resumed his duties
† 1943	Cambridge	died

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		Industrialisation, ca. 1850-1920
		Rationalisation, ca. 1920-1950

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Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_4842004.html

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Bennett, Geoffrey Thomas (1868 - 1943)