Arthur Geoffrey Walker

Details

Instance of

human

Born

17 July 1909

Died

31 March 2001

Place of birth

Watford

Place of death

Chichester

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Arthur, Geoffrey

Family name

Walker

Field of work

differential geometry, general relativity, physical cosmology

Occupation

mathematician, physicist, university teacher

Position held

chairperson

Citizenship

United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Native language

English

Awards

Fellow of the Royal Society, Berwick Prize, Keith Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

doctoral advisor

E. T. Whittaker

doctoral student

Zhou Shaotang, Eric W. Wallace

educated at

Balliol College, University of Edinburgh, Watford Grammar School for Boys, Merton College

employer

University of Sheffield, Imperial College London, University of Liverpool, University of Liverpool

languages spoken, written or signed

English

member of

Royal Society of London, Royal Society of Edinburgh, London Mathematical Society

notable work

Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric, Fermi–Walker transport, Friedmann universe

student of

Edward Arthur Milne, Arthur Eddington

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