John Macnaghten Whittaker
1905 - 1984
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John Whittaker was the son of Edmund Whittaker. He studied at Edinburgh University and Cambridge. After posts at Edinburgh and Cambridge he became Professor at Liverpool though his tenure was interrupted by service in World War II. He left Liverpool to become Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield University. He worked in Quantum Mechanics and Complex Analysis.
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Additional Material in MacTutor
- Papers in the Proceedings and Notes of the EMS
- J M Whittaker appointed professor
- Obituary: The Times
| Honours awarded to John Whittaker (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | 1928 |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1949 |
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