John Charles Fields

John Charles Fields
John Charles Fields
Born	(1863-05-14)May 14, 1863 Hamilton, Canada West
Died	August 9, 1932(1932-08-09) (aged 69) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Resting place	Hamilton Cemetery
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	University of Toronto Johns Hopkins University
Known for	Fields Medal, Fields Institute
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Thesis	Symbolic Finite Solutions and Solutions by Definite Integrals of the Equation dny/dxn = xmy (1886)
Doctoral students	Samuel Beatty

John Charles Fields, FRS,^[1] FRSC (May 14, 1863 – August 9, 1932) was a Canadian mathematician and the founder of the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics.