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Harold Davenport FRS was an English mathematician, known for his extensive work in number theory.

✵ 30. October 1907 – 9. June 1969
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Harold Davenport Quotes

“Mathematicians are extremely lucky, they are paid for doing what they would by nature have to do anyway. One should not have a non-teaching fellowship too long, there comes a time when one must make a contribution to society. Great mathematics is achieved by solving difficult problems not by fabricating elaborate theories in search of a problem.”

Harold Davenport

Harold Davenport, ‎Bryan John Birch, ‎Heini Halberstam (1977), The collected works of Harold Davenport. p. xviii

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