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Wilfrid Augustine Hodges, FBA (born 27 May 1941) is a British
mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...
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logician Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the science of deductively valid inferences or of logical truths. It is a formal science investigating how conclusions follow from premises ...
known for his work in model theory.


Life

Hodges attended New College, Oxford (1959–65), where he received degrees in both ''Literae Humaniores'' and (Christianic) Theology. In 1970 he was awarded a doctorate for a thesis in Logic. He lectured in both Philosophy and Mathematics at Bedford College (London), Bedford College, University of London. He has held visiting appointments in the department of philosophy at the University of California and in the department of mathematics at University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado. Hodges was Professor of Mathematics at Queen Mary College, University of London from 1987 to 2006 and is the author of books on logic.


Honors and awards

Hodges was President of the British Logic Colloquium, of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information and of the Division of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science. In 2009 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.


Writing style

Hodges' books are written in an informal style. The "Notes on Notation" in his book "Model theory" end with the following characteristic sentence: :'I' means I, 'we' means we. When this 780-page book appeared in 1993, it became one of the standard textbooks on model theory. Due to its success an abbreviated version (but with a new chapter on stability theory (model theory), stability theory) was published as a paperback.


Bibliography

''Only first editions are listed.'' * * * * *


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External links


Home page of Wilfrid Hodges
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hodges, Wilfrid 1941 births 20th-century British philosophers Academics of Queen Mary University of London Alumni of New College, Oxford British logicians 20th-century British mathematicians 21st-century British mathematicians Living people Model theorists University of California faculty University of Colorado faculty Fellows of the British Academy