Henry Cabourn Pocklington

Physicist, Deceased Person

1870 – 1952

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Who was Henry Cabourn Pocklington?

Henry Cabourn Pocklington FRS was an English physicist and mathematician. His primary profession was as a schoolmaster, but he made important contributions to number theory with the discovery of Pocklington's primality test in 1914 and the invention of Pocklington's algorithm.

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Born
Jan 28, 1870
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Died
May 15, 1952

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on July 23, 2013

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