Mathematician:John Henry Constantine Whitehead

Mathematician

British mathematician who was one of the founders of homotopy theory.

Nephew of Alfred North Whitehead.

Nationality

British

History

• Born: 11 November 1904 in Madras (now Chennai), India
• Died: 8 May 1960 in Princeton, New Jersey

Theorems and Definitions

• Whitehead Group
• Whitehead Manifold
• Whitehead Product

Publications

• 1932: The Foundations of Differential Geometry (with Oswald Veblen)

Also known as

Usually known as Henry Whitehead.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "John Henry Constantine Whitehead": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive