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Authorised form of nameLittlewood; John Edensor (1885 - 1977)
Dates1885 - 1977
NationalityBritish
Place of birthRochester, Kent, England
Date of birth09 June 1885
Place of deathCambridge
Date of death06/09/1977
Research fieldMathematics
ActivityEducation:
MA
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/05/1916
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1929; Sylvester Medal 1943; Copley Medal 1958
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB vol 18 pp 564-566
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1978 vol 24 pp 323-367, plate, by J C Burkill
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/49300995
CodeNA2191
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1916/11Littlewood, John Edensor: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/40/616Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to J [John] E [Edensor] Littlewood8 July 1909
NLB/60/37Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to John [Edensor] Littlewood Esquire, FRS3 December 1920
RR/33/82Referee's report by John Edensor Littlewood, on a paper 'The first steps in the approximate solution of differential equations by interpenetrating lattices' by J A GauntDecember 1926
RR/38/104Referee's report by John Edensor Littlewood, on a paper 'On the law of the large numbers' by E H LinfootApril 1928
RR/34/92Referee's report by John Edensor Littlewood, on a paper 'The deferred approach to the limit' by Lewis Fry Richardson and J Arthur Gaunt[December 1926]
NLB/59/147Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [John Edensor] Littlewood Esquire, FRS; Stowford House, Bideford, N. Devon21 July 1920
RR/17/415Referee's report by Ernest William Hobson, on a paper 'Bessel function of large argument and index' by John Edensor LittlewoodJuly 1909
RR/43/59Referee's report by John Edensor Littlewood, on a paper 'On finite sequences of real numbers' by H B Heywood3 September 1931
NLB/59/729Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to John [Edensor] Littlewood Esquire, FRS5 November 1920
RR/33/83Second referee's report by John Edensor Littlewood, on a paper 'The first steps in the approximate solution of differential equations by interpenetrating lattices' by J A GauntDecember 1926
RR/46/121Referee's report by John Edensor Littlewood, on a paper 'An extension of Waring's problems' by E Maitland Wright[August 1932]
NLB/57/194Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to unknown correspondent11 August 1919
NLB/61/842Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [John Edensor] Littlewood Esquire, FRS3 November 1921
NLB/57/843Copy letter from Sir James Hopwood Jeans, FRS, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Sir Arthur Stanley] AS Eddington, FRS21 February 1920
NLB/57/845Copy letter from Sir James Hopwood Jeans, FRS, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor JW [John William] Nicholson, FRS21 February 1920
NLB/67/360Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [John Edensor] Littlewood Esq., FRS8 December 1924
NLB/57/844Copy letter from Sir James Hopwood Jeans, FRS, Secretary of the Royal Society; to JE [John Edensor ] Littlewood, FRS21 February 1920
NLB/57/828Copy letter from Sir James Hopwood Jeans, FRS, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor JW [John William] Nicholson, FRS17 February 1920
NLB/63/447Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society and FRS; to [John Edensor] Littlewood Esq., FRS17 October 1922
NLB/67/644Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [John Edensor] Littlewood Esq., FRS6 February 1925
RR/34/93Second referee's report by John Edensor Littlewood, on a paper 'The deferred approach to the limit' by Lewis Fry Richardson and J Arthur Gaunt[December 1926]
NLB/67/449Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [John Edensor] Littlewood Esq., FRS22 December 1924
NLB/67/848Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [John Edensor] Littlewood Esq., FRS; circulated to the members of the Mathematics Committee25 March 1925
NLB/70/293Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [John Edensor] Littlewood, FRS24 February 1927
NLB/71/158Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [John Edensor] Littlewood Esq.,FRS25 January 1928
NLB/72/477Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Edensor] Littlewood, FRS7 November 1929
NLB/71/653Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [John Edensor] Littlewood Esq., FRS26 September 1928
NLB/72/393Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Ernest William] Hobson, FRS30 September 1929
NLB/40/585Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to J [John] E [Edensor] Littlewood30 June 1909
NLB/68/746Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [William Cecil Dampier] Wetham Esq., FRS; also circulated to Sir James [Colquhoun] Irvine; Sir Thomas Lewis; Professor [John Charles Grant] Ledingham; Professor [James Peter] Hill; Professor [Edmund Johnston] Garwood; Professor [Frederick Alexander] Lindemann; [John Edensor] Littlewood Esq.; Sir [Robert] Robertson29 October 1925
NLB/57New Letter Book volume 57, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration27 June 1919-27 February 1920
RR/17/331Referee's report by John Edensor Littlewood, on a paper 'The bending of electric waves round a spherical obstacle' by John William Nicholson1908
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