What is John Charles Fields?
{{Infobox scientist | name = John Charles Fields | image = John_charles_fields.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = John Charles Fields | birth_date = {{birth date|1863|05|14}} | birth_place = [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], [[Ontario]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1932|08|09|1863|05|14}} | death_place = [[Toronto]], Ontario | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = [[Canadians|Canadian]] | ethnicity = | field = [[Mathematics]] | work_institutions = | alma_mater = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = Samuel Beatty | known_for = [[Fields Medal]], [[Fields Institute]] | influences = | influenced = | prizes = | religion = | footnotes = | signature = | thesis_title = Symbolic Finite Solutions and Solutions by Definite Integrals of the Equation d<sup>n</sup>y/dx<sup>n</sup> = x<sup>m</sup>y | thesis_year = 1886 }} '''John Charles Fields''', [[FRS]] (May 14, 1863 – August 9, 1932) was a Canadian mathematician. He is the founder of the [[Fields Medal]] for outstanding works in mathematics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Fields - The Mathematics Genealogy Project|url=https://mathgenealogy.org/id.php?id=38345|access-date=2022-08-27|website=mathgenealogy.org}}</ref> == References == <references /> {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fields, John Charles}} [[Category:1863 births]] [[Category:Canadian mathematicians]] [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society]] [[Category:1932 deaths]] {{bio-stub}}