Mathematician. He was born into a Quaker family with father Harold Coxeter who was a manufacturer of surgical instruments and his mother Lucy Gee Lincoln who was a landscape artist and portrait painter. At an early age, he demonstrated a high level of ability in both music and math. He composed music and was an accomplished pianist by age 10. In 1929 he received his BA and in 1931 his PhD at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, England. He was a research fellow there from 1931 to 1935, spending 2 years as research visitor at Princeton University.
In 1936 he married Hendrina Brouwer of Holland and they set off together to Toronto, Canada where he accepted an appointment to the mathematical department at the University of Toronto. He become a full professor in 1948 and professor emeritus in 1980. During 1949-1958 he was editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Mathematics. In 1974 he was president of the International Congress of Mathematicians.
A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Royal Society of London, he received 9 honorary degrees and was a visiting professor at universities around the world. In 1950 he received the Royal Society of Canada's H.M. Tory Medal for outstanding contribution to mathematics. In 1995 he was awarded the first CRM/Fields Institute Prize for research and the Canadian Mathematics Society Distinguished Service Award, and in 1997 the Royal Society of London bestowed on him the Sylvester Medal for distinguished research in pure mathematics. In 1997 he became a Companion of the Order of Canada which is the highest of the 3 levels of honours that Canada makes. He was widely considered the greatest classical geometer of his time and the man who saved his discipline from near extinction. He published over 165 scientific papers and wrote or co-wrote 12 books.
His Dutch wife Rien died in 1999. In his last 5 years, he survived a heart attack, a broken hip and prostate cancer. He passed away at age 96 at his home in Toronto, Canada and was survived by 2 children. Like Albert Einstein, his brain was donated to medical science and underwent study at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. Neuroscientists investigated whether his brain's extraordinary capacities were associated with its structure.
In 1936 he married Hendrina Brouwer of Holland and they set off together to Toronto, Canada where he accepted an appointment to the mathematical department at the University of Toronto. He become a full professor in 1948 and professor emeritus in 1980. During 1949-1958 he was editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Mathematics. In 1974 he was president of the International Congress of Mathematicians.
A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Royal Society of London, he received 9 honorary degrees and was a visiting professor at universities around the world. In 1950 he received the Royal Society of Canada's H.M. Tory Medal for outstanding contribution to mathematics. In 1995 he was awarded the first CRM/Fields Institute Prize for research and the Canadian Mathematics Society Distinguished Service Award, and in 1997 the Royal Society of London bestowed on him the Sylvester Medal for distinguished research in pure mathematics. In 1997 he became a Companion of the Order of Canada which is the highest of the 3 levels of honours that Canada makes. He was widely considered the greatest classical geometer of his time and the man who saved his discipline from near extinction. He published over 165 scientific papers and wrote or co-wrote 12 books.
His Dutch wife Rien died in 1999. In his last 5 years, he survived a heart attack, a broken hip and prostate cancer. He passed away at age 96 at his home in Toronto, Canada and was survived by 2 children. Like Albert Einstein, his brain was donated to medical science and underwent study at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. Neuroscientists investigated whether his brain's extraordinary capacities were associated with its structure.
Mathematician. He was born into a Quaker family with father Harold Coxeter who was a manufacturer of surgical instruments and his mother Lucy Gee Lincoln who was a landscape artist and portrait painter. At an early age, he demonstrated a high level of ability in both music and math. He composed music and was an accomplished pianist by age 10. In 1929 he received his BA and in 1931 his PhD at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, England. He was a research fellow there from 1931 to 1935, spending 2 years as research visitor at Princeton University.
In 1936 he married Hendrina Brouwer of Holland and they set off together to Toronto, Canada where he accepted an appointment to the mathematical department at the University of Toronto. He become a full professor in 1948 and professor emeritus in 1980. During 1949-1958 he was editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Mathematics. In 1974 he was president of the International Congress of Mathematicians.
A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Royal Society of London, he received 9 honorary degrees and was a visiting professor at universities around the world. In 1950 he received the Royal Society of Canada's H.M. Tory Medal for outstanding contribution to mathematics. In 1995 he was awarded the first CRM/Fields Institute Prize for research and the Canadian Mathematics Society Distinguished Service Award, and in 1997 the Royal Society of London bestowed on him the Sylvester Medal for distinguished research in pure mathematics. In 1997 he became a Companion of the Order of Canada which is the highest of the 3 levels of honours that Canada makes. He was widely considered the greatest classical geometer of his time and the man who saved his discipline from near extinction. He published over 165 scientific papers and wrote or co-wrote 12 books.
His Dutch wife Rien died in 1999. In his last 5 years, he survived a heart attack, a broken hip and prostate cancer. He passed away at age 96 at his home in Toronto, Canada and was survived by 2 children. Like Albert Einstein, his brain was donated to medical science and underwent study at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. Neuroscientists investigated whether his brain's extraordinary capacities were associated with its structure.
In 1936 he married Hendrina Brouwer of Holland and they set off together to Toronto, Canada where he accepted an appointment to the mathematical department at the University of Toronto. He become a full professor in 1948 and professor emeritus in 1980. During 1949-1958 he was editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Mathematics. In 1974 he was president of the International Congress of Mathematicians.
A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Royal Society of London, he received 9 honorary degrees and was a visiting professor at universities around the world. In 1950 he received the Royal Society of Canada's H.M. Tory Medal for outstanding contribution to mathematics. In 1995 he was awarded the first CRM/Fields Institute Prize for research and the Canadian Mathematics Society Distinguished Service Award, and in 1997 the Royal Society of London bestowed on him the Sylvester Medal for distinguished research in pure mathematics. In 1997 he became a Companion of the Order of Canada which is the highest of the 3 levels of honours that Canada makes. He was widely considered the greatest classical geometer of his time and the man who saved his discipline from near extinction. He published over 165 scientific papers and wrote or co-wrote 12 books.
His Dutch wife Rien died in 1999. In his last 5 years, he survived a heart attack, a broken hip and prostate cancer. He passed away at age 96 at his home in Toronto, Canada and was survived by 2 children. Like Albert Einstein, his brain was donated to medical science and underwent study at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. Neuroscientists investigated whether his brain's extraordinary capacities were associated with its structure.
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