Sidney Holgate,

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(9 September 1918 – 17 May 2003) was a British mathematician and academic. Holgate was schooled at Henry Mellish School and won a scholarship to

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, where he studied Mathematics and eventually became Senior Man. He was also President of the

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for

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of 1940. Being unacceptable for wartime service on medical grounds, he instead taught for a year at

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, before returning to Durham and completing his doctorate in 1945. He was

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from its foundation in 1959 to 1980. He served as Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Sub-Warden of Durham University from 1964 to 1969.

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1918 births 2003 deaths Academics of Durham University Masters of Grey College, Durham People educated at Henry Mellish Grammar School 20th-century British mathematicians 21st-century British mathematicians Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham Presidents of the Durham Union {{DurhamU-stub