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In order that a mathematical science of any importance may be founded upon conventional definitions, the entities created by them must have properties which bear some affinity to the properties of existing things.

J. H. C. Whitehead

J. H. C. Whitehead

J. H. C. Whitehead

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Born: November 11, 1904

Died: May 8, 1960 (aged 55)

Bio: John Henry Constantine Whitehead FRS, known as Henry, was a British mathematician and was one of the founders of homotopy theory. He was born in Chennai, in India, and died in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1960.

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