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Alan Baker
Alan Baker was an English mathematician, known for his work on effective methods in number theory, in particular those arising from transcendental number theory.
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science · English mathematician (1939–2018) · mathematician · university teacher · also Alan Baker, Alan Baker (mathematician), Baker
Born 19 August 1939 · Died 4 February 2018 · Q310769
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Published “Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis” in The Lancet — cited 14,037 times.
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2018· 1 entry
Died 2018-02-04.
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013).
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2012· 1 entry
Became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of Louis Pasteur University (1997).
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1974· 1 entry
Was appointed Professor of Pure Mathematics at Cambridge University, a position he held until 2006 when he became an Emeritus
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1972· 1 entry
Awarded Adams Prize (1972).
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1970· 2 entries
Won Fields medal (1970).
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When he was awarded the Fields Medal at the age of 31
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1964· 1 entry
Studied at University of Cambridge, doctorate (1964).
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1939· 1 entry
Born 1939-08-19.
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