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G.H. Hardy
Godfrey Harold Hardy was an English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis. In biology, he is known for the Hardy–Weinberg principle, a basic principle of population genetics.
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science · British mathematician (1877–1947) · mathematician · university teacher · also G.H. Hardy, G. H. Hardy, Godfrey Harold Hardy, Godfrey·Harold·Hardy, Godfrey Harold, Hardy
Born 7 February 1877 · Died 1 December 1947 · Q184337
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Published “Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults” in The Lancet — cited 5,591 times.
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Published “Global burden of NAFLD and NASH: trends, predictions, risk factors and prevention” in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology — cited 4,751 times.
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2016· 1 entry
Published “The amyloid hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease at 25 years” in EMBO Molecular Medicine — cited 5,663 times.
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2013· 1 entry
Published “Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease” in Nature Genetics — cited 4,128 times.
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2011· 1 entry
Published “A Hexanucleotide Repeat Expansion in C9ORF72 Is the Cause of Chromosome 9p21-Linked ALS-FTD” in Neuron — cited 4,006 times.
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2007· 1 entry
Published “Proposed minimum reporting standards for chemical analysis” in Metabolomics — cited 4,860 times.
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2005· 1 entry
Published “Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies” in Neurology — cited 4,216 times.
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2004· 1 entry
Published “Mild cognitive impairment – beyond controversies, towards a consensus: report of the International Working Group on Mild Cognitive Impairment” in Journal of Internal Medicine — cited 3,868 times.
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2003· 1 entry
Published “α-Synuclein Locus Triplication Causes Parkinson's Disease” in Science — cited 3,847 times.
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2002· 1 entry
Published “The Amyloid Hypothesis of Alzheimer's Disease: Progress and Problems on the Road to Therapeutics” in Science — cited 11,638 times.
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1992· 1 entry
Published “Alzheimer's Disease: The Amyloid Cascade Hypothesis” in Science — cited 6,300 times.
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1970· 1 entry
Published “THE UNLABELED ANTIBODY ENZYME METHOD OF IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF SOLUBLE ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX (HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE-ANTIHORSERADISH PEROXIDASE) AND ITS USE IN IDENTIFICATION OF SPIROCHETES” in Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry — cited 3,774 times.
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1947· 3 entries
Died 1947-12-01.
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Won Copley Medal (1947).
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“If I knew I was going to die today, I think I should still want to hear the cricket scores.”
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1940· 1 entry
Won Sylvester Medal (1940).
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1939· 1 entry
Suffered a coronary thrombosis, which prevented him from playing tennis, squash, etc
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1932· 1 entry
Awarded Chauvenet Prize (1932).
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1931· 1 entry
Becoming again a fellow of Trinity College and holding the Sadleirian Professorship until 1942
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1929· 1 entry
Won De Morgan Medal (1929).
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1928· 1 entry
Awarded Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1928).
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1924· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson (1924–1925).
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1921· 1 entry
An international member of the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1927, and an international member of the American Philosophical Society in 1939
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1920· 1 entry
Won Royal Medal (1920).
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1919· 2 entries
“I wish you could find some tactful way of stirring up Littlewood to do a little writing. Heaven knows I am conscious of my huge debt to him ... but in our collaboration he will contribute ideas and ideas only ... all the tedious part has to be done by me [or] it simply won”
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Left Cambridge to take the Savilian Chair of Geometry (and thus become a Fellow of New College) at Oxford
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1914· 1 entry
Hardy was the mentor of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, a relationship that has become celebrated
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1910· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1910).
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1906· 1 entry
Was appointed to the Trinity staff as a lecturer in mathematics, where teaching six hours per week left him time for research
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1901· 1 entry
Awarded Smith's Prize (1901).
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1900· 1 entry
Passed part II of the Tripos, and in the same year he was elected to a Prize Fellowship at Trinity College
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1898· 1 entry
Studied at Trinity College (1896–1898).
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1896· 1 entry
Studied at Winchester College (1890–1896).
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1889· 1 entry
Studied at Cranleigh School (1889).
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1877· 1 entry
Born 1877-02-07.
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