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**E. T. Whittaker**
	British mathematician who contributed widely to applied mathematics, mathematical physics, the theory of special functions, and the history of physics. (*1873 – †1956)
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Name in native language	Edmund Taylor Whittaker;
Date of birth	24 October 1873; Southport; Edmund Taylor Whittaker
Date of death	24 March 1956; Edinburgh
Place of burial	Mount Vernon Cemetery (55°54′53.888″N 3°9′26.316″W);
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom;
Educated at	Trinity College (1892–1895); The Manchester Grammar School (1884–1892); University of Cambridge;
Doctoral advisor	Andrew Forsyth; George Howard Darwin;
Doctoral student	G.H. Hardy (1903); G. N. Watson (1907); W. V. D. Hodge (1923); Arthur Eddington (1905); Alexander Aitken (1925); Arthur Geoffrey Walker (1933); James Hopwood Jeans; George Cunliffe McVittie; Ramaswamy S. Vaidyanathaswamy; Philip Gerard Gormley (1933); Leslie Cunningham (1924);
Occupation	mathematician; astronomer; historian of science; university teacher; philosopher; physicist;
Employer	University of Cambridge (1896–1906); Trinity College Dublin (1906–1911); University of Edinburgh (1911–1946); Royal Astronomer of Ireland (1906–1911);
Member of	Royal Society (1905–); Pontifical Academy of Sciences; Lincean Academy; Royal Society of Edinburgh;
Field of work	mathematics; physics; philosophy; applied mathematics; mathematical physics; astronomy; celestial mechanics; history of natural science;
Child	John Macnaghten Whittaker;
Relative	Edward Copson (son-in-law);
Notable work	Whittaker–Shannon interpolation formula; Whittaker function; Whittaker model; Whittaker and Watson; A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity; Analytical Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies;
Award received	Fellow of the Royal Society; Copley Medal (1954); De Morgan Medal (1935); Guthrie Lecture (1943); Sylvester Medal (1931); Smith's Prize (1897); Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (1935); Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize (1929); Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1912);
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English: E. T. Whittaker (born 24 October 1873 in Southport, Lancashire died 24 March 1956 in Edinburgh, Scotland) was a British mathematician who contributed widely to applied mathematics, mathematical physics, the theory of special functions, and the history of physics.

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A Course of Modern Analysis - 3rd edition - 1920.jpg 920 × 1,465; 97 KB
A Course of Modern Analysis plain cover.jpg 1,122 × 1,800; 173 KB
A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity 1st cover.jpg 1,000 × 1,600; 263 KB
A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity The Classic Theories.jpg 768 × 644; 62 KB
A history of the theories of aether and electricity. Whittacker E.T. (1910) - Page7 (title page)-693px.jpg 693 × 1,173; 101 KB
Edmund Taylor Whitakker by Arthur Trevor Haddon.jpg 639 × 800; 49 KB
ET Whittaker Analytical Dynamics 1989 cover.jpg 333 × 500; 23 KB
From Euclid to Eddington A Study of Conceptions of the External World - Edmund Whittaker (1958, Dover) Page 2.jpg 2,550 × 3,300; 174 KB
St. Andrews colloquium 1913.jpg 1,600 × 845; 131 KB
The calculus of observations a treatise on numerical mathematics - Whittaker E., Robinson G. (1924) Page 1.jpg 2,550 × 3,300; 187 KB
The Theory of Optical Instruments cover.jpg 1,100 × 1,700; 122 KB
Whittaker Memorial Volume Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1957.jpg 800 × 1,236; 181 KB
WhittakerETStAndrewsColloq1913.jpg 255 × 454; 56 KB
WhittakerETStAndrewsColloq1913cu.jpg 214 × 222; 20 KB

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