Died 1983-10-16.
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Harish-Chandra
Harish-Chandra FRS was an Indian-American mathematician and physicist who did fundamental work in representation theory, especially harmonic analysis on semisimple Lie groups.
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science · Indian-American mathematician (1923–1983) · mathematician · physicist · university teacher · also Harish-Chandra, Harish-Chandra Mehrotra
Born 11 October 1923 · Died 16 October 1983 · Q1585395
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1983· 2 entries
Leaving him mostly bedridden and in isolation
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1981· 1 entry
Received an honorary degree from Yale University
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1977· 1 entry
Awarded Padma Bhushan (1977).
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1974· 1 entry
Won Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal (1974).
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1973· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1973).
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1969· 1 entry
Harish-Chandra began to experience heart attacks
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1958· 1 entry
But a forceful member of the selection committee in whose eyes Thom was a Bourbakist was determined not to have two
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1957· 1 entry
Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1957).
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1954· 1 entry
Awarded Cole Prize in Algebra (1954).
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1952· 2 entries
In 1952, Harish-Chandra married Lalitha "Lily" Kale (1934–2019).
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Harish-Chandra married Lalitha "Lily" Kale (1934–2019)
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1947· 2 entries
Studied at Gonville and Caius College (1945–1947).
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Studied at University of Cambridge, Doctor (1947).
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1945· 1 entry
Moved to University of Cambridge, and worked as a research student under Paul Dirac
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1944· 1 entry
Studied at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (1943–1944).
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1943· 1 entry
Studied at University of Allahabad (1939–1943).
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1940· 1 entry
Moved to the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for further studies under Homi J
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1939· 1 entry
Studied at Christ Church College, Kanpur (1932–1939).
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1923· 1 entry
Born 1923-10-11.
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