Wilfrid Augustine Hodges, FBA (born 27 May 1941) is a British

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and

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known for his work in model theory.

Life

Hodges attended New College, Oxford (1959–65), where he received degrees in both '' Literae Humaniores'' and (Christianic)

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. In 1970 he was awarded a doctorate for a thesis in

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. He lectured in both Philosophy and Mathematics at Bedford College, University of London. He has held visiting appointments in the department of philosophy at the

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and in the department of mathematics at

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. Hodges was Professor of Mathematics at

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from 1987 to 2006 and is the author of books on

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Honors and awards

Hodges was President of the

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, of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information and of the Division of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science. In 2009 he was elected a Fellow of the

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Writing style

Hodges' books are written in an informal style. The "Notes on Notation" in his book "Model theory" end with the following characteristic sentence: :'I' means I, 'we' means we. When this 780-page book appeared in 1993, it became one of the standard textbooks on model theory. Due to its success an abbreviated version (but with a new chapter on stability theory) was published as a paperback.

Bibliography

''Only first editions are listed.'' * * * * *

References

External links

Home page of Wilfrid Hodges
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hodges, Wilfrid 1941 births 20th-century British philosophers Academics of Queen Mary University of London Alumni of New College, Oxford British logicians 20th-century British mathematicians 21st-century British mathematicians Living people Model theorists University of California faculty University of Colorado faculty Fellows of the British Academy