| Authorised form of name | Ramanujan; Srinivasa Aaiyangar (1887 - 1920) |
| Dates | 1887 - 1920 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Place of birth | Erode, near Kumbakonam, Tanjore district, Madras province, India |
| Date of birth | 22 December 1887 |
| Place of death | Chetput, near Madras, India |
| Date of death | 26/04/1920 |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/05/1918 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1921 vol 99 pp xiii-xxix signed by Godfrey Harold Hardy
References:
S. Chandrasekhar, 'On Ramanujan's Bust' in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 153-157, plate
D A B Young, 'Ramanujan's Illness' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 107-119, plate
I J Zucker, 'India's Mathematical Prodigy', review of Robert Kanigel, The Man Who Knew Infinity. A Life of the Genius Ramanujan in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 325-326
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/27132864 |
| Code | NA6640 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1918/18 | Ramanujan, Srinivasa Aaiyangar: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| S/0031 | Sculpture bust of Ramanujan, Srinivasa Aaiyangar | 1983 |
| NLB/57/674 | Copy letter from TE James, Clerk of the Royal Society; to GH [Godfrey Harold] Hardy Esq, FRS | 10 January 1920 |
| NLB/61/257 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Godfrey Harold] Hardy, FRS | 8 June 1921 |
| NLB/55/521 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Godfrey Harold] Hardy, Esq., FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge | 14 May 1918 |
| IM/003727 | Ramanujan, Srinivasa Aaiyangar | nd |
| IM/003726 | Ramanujan, Srinivasa Aaiyangar | nd |
| MC/33/138 | Letter from [Srinivasa] Ramanujan, Matlock Sanatorium, Matlock, Derbyshire, to the [Royal Society] | 17 May 1918 |