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John Charles Fields

John Charles Fields was a Canadian mathematician who was best known as the founder of the Fields Medal. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario on May 14, 1863 and died on August 9, 1932.

graduated from Hamilton Collegiate Institute in 1880 and the University of Toronto in 1884, then studied at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. received his .D. in 1887 with the thesis . He returned to Canada in 1902 to lecture at the University of Toronto.

was elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1907 and fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1913.

Title	John Charles Fields
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Synonym	John C. Fields
Synonym	J. Charles Fields
Synonym	J. C. Fields

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John Charles Fields Ph.D. (1863 - 1932)

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Born in Hamilton, Wentworth, Canada West

Ancestors

Son of John C Fields and Henrietta (Bowes) Fields

[sibling(s) unknown]

Died at age 69in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

John was born in Canada West.

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John Charles Fields was a Canadian mathematician, university professor, and founder of the international medal for mathematics research known as The Fields Medal. It is regarded as one of the highest honors a mathematician can receive, and has been described as the 'Nobel Prize of Mathematics'.

Born in Hamilton, Canada West (Ontario), in 1863, he was the son of John Fields, a leather merchant, and Harriet Bowes, a schoolteacher. Harriet took over the family business after the death of her husband in 1874. Thanks to her careful management, on her own death in 1881, her three children were able to keep the family home and John could afford to attend unive

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Born

14 May 1863
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Died

9 August 1932
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Summary

J C Fields provided funds for an international medal for mathematical distinction: the mathematical equivalent of a Nobel prize.

Biography

John Charles Fields was of Scots-Irish extraction although his parents, Harriet Bowes and John Charles Fields, were both Canadians and lived at 150 King Street East, Hamilton. John Charles Fields Senior was a merchant who owned a leather shop at 32 King Street West, Hamilton, but travelled extensively in the United Kingdom and Europe. He died when his son was eleven years old. Fields attended Hamilton Collegiate Institute where he proved himself to be an outstanding pupil. He was awarded several scholarships and graduated from the Institute in 1880.

After leaving Hamilton Collegiate Institute, Fields entered the University of Toronto in 1880 to study mathematics. His undergraduate years were not too easy, for having already lost his father, his mother died while he was in the middle of his university course. Desp