William Kingdon Clifford

William Kingdon Clifford was a British mathematician and philosopher. Building on the work of Hermann Grassmann, he introduced what is now termed geometric algebra. This is a special case of what later became known as the Clifford algebra, which was named in his honour.

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Who was born first?

• William Kingdon Clifford and Gabriel Lippmann were born the same year
• William Kingdon Clifford and Élie Metchnikoff were born the same year
• William Kingdon Clifford and Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran were born the same year
• William Kingdon Clifford and Zygmunt Wróblewski were born the same year
• William Kingdon Clifford and Félix Tisserand were born the same year

Timeline

1. Charles Louis Alphonse LaveranJune 18, 1845 – May 18, 1922
2. Élie MetchnikoffMay 3, 1845 – July 2, 1916
3. Félix TisserandJanuary 13, 1845 – October 20, 1896
4. Gabriel LippmannAugust 16, 1845 – July 13, 1921
5. William Kingdon Clifford (this page)May 4, 1845 – March 3, 1879
6. Zygmunt WróblewskiOctober 28, 1845 – April 16, 1888

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