Tom Whiteside

Tom Whiteside
Tom Whiteside
Born 23 July 1932(1932-07-23)
Died 22 April 2008(2008-04-22) (aged 75)
Residence United Kingdom
Doctoral advisor Richard Braithwaite and Michael Hoskin[1][2]
Notable awards Koyré medal (1968)
FBA (1975)
George Sarton Medal (1977)[3]
See also: Thomas Whiteside

Derek Thomas "Tom" Whiteside FBA (23 July 1932 – 22 April 2008[4]) was a British historian of mathematics. He was the foremost authority on the work of Isaac Newton and editor of The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton. From 1987 to his retirement in 1999, he was the Professor of History of Mathematics and Exact Sciences at Cambridge University.[5][6]

He had two children Simon and Philippa with his wife Ruth.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Professor Tom Whiteside", The Times, 2008-05-07, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3882200.ece 
  2. ^ Hoskin, Michael (August 2008), "DEREK THOMAS WHITESIDE (1932–2008)", Journal for the History of Astronomy 39 (136): 402–404, http://www.shpltd.co.uk/whiteside.html 
  3. ^ Professor Tom Whiteside, 1932-2008, Cambridge University Department of History and Philosophy of Science, http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/news/whiteside.html, retrieved 2009-05-02 
  4. ^ Bursill-Hall, Piers (2008-05-03), "Professor D. T. Whiteside: Historian of mathematics whose prodigious work on Newton's papers astonished the scholarly world", The Independent, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-d-t-whiteside-historian-of-mathematics-whose-prodigious-work-on-newtons-papers-astonished-the-scholarly-world-820387.html, retrieved 2008-07-17 
  5. ^ Fleming, Craig (2008-05-01), "Maths prof from Blackpool slums dies", The Blackpool Gazette, http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Maths-prof-from-Blackpool-slums.4038015.jp 
  6. ^ "University offices vacated during the academical year 1998-99". Cambridge University Reporter. 21 September 1999. http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/1999-2000/weekly/5786/4.html. Retrieved 29 September 2011. 
  7. ^ Shapiro, Alan (2008-05-05), "DT Whiteside", The Guardian, http://education.guardian.co.uk/obituary/story/0,,2277886,00.html 


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