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    Born
    4 May 1845
    Exeter, Devon, England
    Died
    3 March 1879
    Madeira Islands, Portugal
    Summary
    William Clifford was an English mathematician who studied non-euclidean geometry arguing that energy and matter are simply different types of curvature of space.

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    • He introduced what is now called a Clifford algebra which generalises Grassmann's exterior algebra.

    Biography

    William Clifford's parents were William Clifford (1821-1878) and Fanny (Frances) Kingdon (1821-1854).

    William Clifford Sn., born in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, was a book seller, mainly of religious material, but also a prominent citizen of Exeter being an Alderman and a Justice of the Peace. Fanny Kingdon was the daughter of Francis Wilmott Kingdon and Mary-Anne Bodley who was related to Sir Thomas Bodley (1545-1613).

    Sir Thomas had been a lecturer in natural philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford and a founder of the Bodleian Library. It is thought that William Clifford, the subject