Srinivasa Ramanujan

3 events, 1887 to 1920.

  1. 1887

    1. 22 Dec 1887ErodeScience Technology

      Birth of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan

      Erode was the birthplace of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the self-taught mathematician famed for his work in number theory and infinite series.

  2. 1913

    1. 1913ChennaiScience Technology

      Ramanujan writes to G. H. Hardy

      Srinivasa Ramanujan, a clerk at the Madras Port Trust, began corresponding with G. H. Hardy, who arranged for him to travel to Cambridge in 1914.

  3. 1920

    1. 26 Apr 1920ChennaiScience Technology

      Death of Srinivasa Ramanujan

      The self-taught mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan died in Madras at the age of 32, a year after returning from Cambridge.