William Burnside was an English mathematician who wrote the first treatise on groups in English and was the first to develop the theory of groups from a modern abstract point of view. He was born in Paddington, London, on 2 July 1852 and died at Cotleigh, West Wickham, Kent, on 21 August 1927. He was an orphan by the age of six and was educated at Christ's Hospital, where he did well in both the grammar school and the mathematical school. He entered St John's College, Cambridge, in October 1871 on a scholarship, moved to Pembroke College in 1873 because Pembroke's rowing crew was easier to make, and graduated in 1875 as second wrangler, bracketed with George Chrystal.
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Born 2 July 1852 Paddington, London, England
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He entered St John's College, Cambridge in October 1871 having won a scholarship.
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William Burnside wrote the first treatise on groups in English and was the first to develop the theory of groups from a modern abstract point of view.
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The theorem was proved by William Burnside (1904) using the representation theory of finite groups.
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