William Henry Young

Details

Instance of

human

Born

20 October 1863

Died

7 July 1942

Place of birth

London

Place of death

Lausanne, Chavornay

Sex or gender

male

Given name

William, Henry

Family name

Young

Spouse

Grace Chisholm Young

Child

Laurence Chisholm Young, Rosalind Tanner

Occupation

mathematician, university teacher

Position held

chairperson, president

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Awards

Fellow of the Royal Society, Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva, De Morgan Medal, Sylvester Medal, honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg, honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta

different from

William Young

educated at

Peterhouse, City of London School

employer

University of Calcutta, University of Liverpool, Aberystwyth University, Peterhouse

languages spoken, written or signed

English

member of

Royal Society, London Mathematical Society, International Mathematical Union

notable work

Young's inequality, symmetry of second derivatives, Young's convolution inequality, Young's inequality for integral operators

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