G. H. Hardy

Godfrey Harold Hardy (7 February 1877 – 1 December 1947) 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.

Hardy is famed for his 1940 essay A Mathematician's Apology, often considered one of the best insights into the mind of a working mathematician written for the layperson. The novelist Graham Greene ranked it with the notebooks of Henry James as "the best account of what it was like to be a creative artist."

Starting in 1914, Hardy was the mentor of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, a relationship that has become celebrated. Hardy almost immediately recognised Ramanujan's extraordinary, albeit untutored, brilliance, and Hardy and Ramanujan became close collaborators. When asked by a young Paul Erdős what his greatest contribution to mathematics was, Hardy unhesitatingly replied that it was the discovery of Ramanujan. He remarked that on a scale of mathematical ability, his ability would be 25, Littlewood would be 30, Hilbert would be 80, and Ramanujan would be 100.

In a lecture on Ramanujan, Hardy said that "my association with him is the one romantic incident in my life".

Notable works: Hardy–Weinberg principle, Hardy hierarchy, Hardy space, Hardy's inequality, Hardy's theorem, Hardy field, First Hardy–Littlewood conjecture, Second Hardy–Littlewood conjecture Awards: Fellow of the Royal Society, Copley Medal, Royal Medal, De Morgan Medal, Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship, Chauvenet Prize, Sylvester Medal, Smith's Prize Education: Trinity College, Cranleigh School, Winchester College, University of Cambridge

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