Alfred Young
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British mathematician and rector of Birdbrook (1873–1940)
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Alfred Young was a British mathematician and clergyman who worked in combinatorics and group theory. Born in Widnes in 1873, he was educated at Clare College. He served as a parson and rector within the Church of England. Young died in Saffron Walden in 1940.
His notable works include the Young tableau and Young's lattice. He was a member of the Royal Society and received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society. His doctoral student was Gilbert de Beauregard Robinson. His archives are held at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alfred
- Family name
- Young
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Widnes
- Place of death
- Saffron Walden
- Occupation
- rector
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Church of England
- Notable work
- Young's lattice
- Doctoral student
- Gilbert de Beauregard Robinson
- Field of work
- group theory
- Image
- Alfred Young (1873-1940), Fellow of the Royal Society.png
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- date of birth
- 1873-04-16
- date of death
- 1940-12-15
- member of
- Royal Society
- archives at
- Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
- inventory number
- MS COLL 00037 2B Annex
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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