Arthur Jolliffe

Arthur Jolliffe

Arthur Ernest Jolliffe (23 January 1871) – 17 March 1944) was a British mathematician.

Life

Jolliffee was born in Oxford on 23 January 1871 and educated at the City of Oxford School and Balliol College, Oxford. He was a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford from 1891 to 1920, and was also an assistant tutor at Jesus College, Oxford from 1903 to 1920. He was then appointed as Professor of Mathematics at the University of London London, retiring in 1936. He was made an Honorary Fellow of Corpus Christi College in 1931 and of Jesus College in 1934. He published various mathematical papers and contributed to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. He died on 17 March 1944 in Oxford. [cite news|work=The Times|title=Prof. A. E. Jolliffe|date=20 March 1944|page=6]

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