Francis Sowerby Macaulay
Francis Sowerby Macaulay FRS[1] (11 February 1862, Witney – 9 February 1937, Cambridge) was an English mathematician who made significant contributions to algebraic geometry.[2] He is known for his 1916 book, The Algebraic Theory of Modular Systems (an old term for ideals), which greatly influenced the later course of commutative algebra. Cohen–Macaulay rings, Macaulay duality, the Macaulay resultant and the Macaulay and Macaulay2 computer algebra systems are named for Macaulay.
Macaulay was educated at Kingswood School and graduated with distinction from St John's College, Cambridge.[3] He taught top mathematics class in St Paul's School in London from 1885 to 1911. His students included J. E. Littlewood and G. N. Watson.
In 1928 Macaulay was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.[1]
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