John Edward Campbell was a British mathematician, best known for his contribution to the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula. He studied at Queen's University Belfast, graduating in 1884. He then went to Oxford University, at Hertford College, where he became a Fellow in 1887. His 1903 book, Introductory Treatise on Lie's Theory of Finite Continuous Transformation Groups, popularized the ideas of Sophus Lie among British mathematicians.

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  • John Edward Campbell was a British mathematician, best known for his contribution to the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula. He studied at Queen's University Belfast, graduating in 1884. He then went to Oxford University, at Hertford College, where he became a Fellow in 1887. His 1903 book, Introductory Treatise on Lie's Theory of Finite Continuous Transformation Groups, popularized the ideas of Sophus Lie among British mathematicians. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1905, and served as President of the London Mathematical Society from 1918 to 1920.
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  • John Edward Campbell was a British mathematician, best known for his contribution to the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula. He studied at Queen's University Belfast, graduating in 1884. He then went to Oxford University, at Hertford College, where he became a Fellow in 1887. His 1903 book, Introductory Treatise on Lie's Theory of Finite Continuous Transformation Groups, popularized the ideas of Sophus Lie among British mathematicians.
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  • John Edward Campbell
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