William Kingdon Clifford

William Kingdon Clifford, FRS was an English England

England is the largest and most populous constituent country [i] of the United Kingdom [i]. ... 

 mathematician Mathematician

A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics [i]. ... 

 who also wrote a fair bit on philosophy Philosophy

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. Along with Hermann Grassmann, he invented what is now termed geometric algebra, a special case being the Clifford algebra Clifford algebra

Clifford algebras are a type of associative algebra [i] in mathematics [i]. ... 

s named in his honour, which play a role in contemporary mathematical physics.

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William Kingdon Clifford, FRS was an English England

England is the largest and most populous constituent country [i] of the United Kingdom [i]. ... 

 mathematician Mathematician

A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics [i]. ... 

 who also wrote a fair bit on philosophy Philosophy

[i]
... 

. Along with Hermann Grassmann, he invented what is now termed geometric algebra, a special case being the Clifford algebra Clifford algebra

Clifford algebras are a type of associative algebra [i] in mathematics [i]. ... 

s named in his honour, which play a role in contemporary mathematical physics.

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