# Mathematician:Godfrey Harold Hardy

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## Mathematician

English mathematician noted for his work in number theory and analysis.

Also famous for his discovery and mentorship of Srīnivāsa Aiyangār Rāmānujan.

Non-mathematicians remember him mainly for his book A Mathematician's Apology.

English

## History

• Born: February 7, 1877, Cranleigh, Surrey, England
• Died: December 1, 1947, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

## Theorems and Definitions

Results named for Godfrey Harold Hardy can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Godfrey Harold Hardy can be found here.

## Publications

• 1923: Some problems of ‘Partitio numerorum’; III: On the expression of a number as a sum of primes (Acta Math. Vol. 44: 1 – 70) (with J.E. Littlewood)

## Notable Quotes

A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.
-- Quoted in the Preface to 1992: George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems