Hall, Philip, 1904-1982 (mathematician)
Dates
- Existence: 1904-04-01 - 1982-12-31
Biography
Born Hampstead, London, 11 April 1904. Educated at Christ's Hospital and King's College, Cambridge. He was in the first class in part one (1923) and a wrangler in part two (1925) of the mathematical tripos. Appointed Fellow of King's College in 1927 and university lecturer in 1933. Between 1941 and 1945 he worked at the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park. He returned to Cambridge after the war and was reader in algebra from 1949 and Sadleirian professor of pure mathematics from 1953 until retirement in 1967. He died at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, on 30 December 1982.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers of Philip Hall
Correspondence, papers, notebooks, photographs and other objects including research and personal records and correspondence of Philip Hall and papers of James Edward Roseblade relating to Philip Hall. Correspondence is contained in the following numbered boxes: 1-3, 8-10, 14-15, 24-26.
Correspondence between Philip Hall and Bernhard Neumann, 1960
Comprises single items or small collections, chiefly correspondence, donated to or purchased by Cambridge University Library, together with a number of items and fragments found in Cambridge University Library books and bindings.
Letters from Philip Hall to NGA, 1953-02-24 - 1964-04-21
3 autograph letters signed. This file includes a manuscript note by NGA regarding Philip Hall.
Philip Hall, 1900 - 1986
Letters from Hall and family photographs.
Sports teams, 1922 - 1940
'The isomorphisms of Abelian groups', 1927
Some Research Fellowship papers are included.
Additional filters:
- ARCHON code (for CUL materials)
- Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 2
- Type
- Archival Object 5
- Collection 1