William Kingdon Clifford Scientist

William Kingdon Clifford FRS (4 May 1845 – 3 March 1879) was an English mathematician and philosopher. Building on the work of Hermann Grassmann, he introduced what is now termed geometric algebra, a special case of the Clifford algebra named in his honour. The operations of geometric algebra have the effect of mirroring, rotating, translating, and mapping the geometric objects that are being modelled to new positions. Clifford algebras in general and geometric algebra in particular, have been of ever increasing importance to mathematical physics, geometry, and computing. Clifford was the first to suggest that gravitation might be a manifestation of an underlying geometry. In his philosophical writings he coined the expression "mind-stuff".

Personal facts

Birth date	May 04, 1845
Birth place	Devon , England , Exeter
Nationality	England
Date of death	March 03, 1879
Place of death	Madeira , Portugal
Residence	England
Education	Trinity College Cambridge King's College London
Known for	Clifford–Klein form Clifford algebra Clifford's theorem on special divisors Bessel–Clifford function Clifford parallel Dual quaternion Elements of Dynamic