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George Green was a British mathematical physicist born in Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, now part of the city of Nottingham. Despite receiving little recognition during his lifetime, he is best remembered for his Essay on electricity and magnetism published in 1828. In this essay he introduced an early version of Green's theorem in vector calculus, the notion of potential functions as currently used i…

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Born 14 July 1793 · Died 31 May 1841 · Q323294

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Jan 2021Update
Published “Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold” in Nature — cited 43,939 times.
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On the bicentennial anniversary of his birth, by then president of the Royal Society, Michael Atiyah
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2021· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2021Documented record79% confidence

Published “Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold” in Nature — cited 43,939 times.

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1993· 1 entry

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On the bicentennial anniversary of his birth, by then president of the Royal Society, Michael Atiyah

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1985· 1 entry

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Green's Mill, in Sneinton, Nottingham was restored to working order

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1907· 1 entry

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"I had only time that evening to look at some pages of it, which astonished me

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1883· 1 entry

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Though this is now known as the Dirichlet's principle following Riemann

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1845· 1 entry

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Four years after Green's death, Green's work was rediscovered by the newly graduated William Thomson (then aged 21), later known as Lord Kelvin

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1841· 1 entry

May 31, 1841Documented record86% confidence

Died 1841-05-31.

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1840· 1 entry

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Fell ill and returned to Nottingham where he died of influenza the following year, on 31 May 1841

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Jan 1, 1837Documented record84% confidence

Studied at Gonville and Caius College (1833–1837).

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1833· 2 entries

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As an undergraduate at Gonville and Caius College, the same one Bromhead went to

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Green began a formal education at the University of Cambridge and was elected a fellow at Caius College after his graduation

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1829· 2 entries

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Was left a substantial inheritance, allowing him to give up milling to pursue mathematics

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The senior Green had become one of the gentry due to his considerable accumulated wealth and land owned, roughly half of which he left to his son and the other half to his daughter

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1828· 1 entry

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Green published An Essay on the Application of Mathematical Analysis to the Theories of Electricity and Magnetism, the 72-page work for which he is most famous today

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1823· 1 entry

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Green formed a relationship with Jane Smith, the daughter of William Smith, hired by Green Senior as mill manager

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1807· 2 entries

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Now known as Green's Windmill

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George Green senior bought a plot of land in Sneinton

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1793· 1 entry

Jul 14, 1793Documented record86% confidence

Born 1793-07-14.

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