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Godfrey Harold Hardy FRS [ 1 ] 7 February — 1 December [ 2 ] was an English mathematician , known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis. Hardy is usually known by those outside the field of mathematics for his essay A Mathematician's Apology , often considered one of the best insights into the mind of a working mathematician written for the layperson.

Starting in , Hardy was the mentor of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan , a relationship that has become celebrated. Hardy was born on 7 February , in Cranleigh , Surrey, England, into a teaching family. Both of his parents were mathematically inclined, though neither had a university education. He and his sister Gertrude "Gertie" Emily Hardy — were brought up by their educationally enlightened parents in a typical Victorian nursery attended by a nurse.

At an early age, he argued with his nurse about the existence of Santa Claus and the efficacy of prayer. Hardy's own natural affinity for mathematics was perceptible at an early age. When just two years old, he wrote numbers up to millions, and when taken to church he amused himself by factorising the numbers of the hymns. After schooling at Cranleigh , Hardy was awarded a scholarship to Winchester College for his mathematical work.

In , he entered Trinity College, Cambridge.

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He then was tutored by Augustus Love , who recommended him to read Camille Jordan 's Cours d'analyse , which taught him for the first time "what mathematics really meant". After only two years of preparation under his coach, Robert Alfred Herman , Hardy was fourth in the Mathematics Tripos examination. While at university, Hardy joined the Cambridge Apostles , an elite, intellectual secret society.

When his Prize Fellowship expired in he was appointed to the Trinity staff as a lecturer in mathematics, where teaching six hours per week left him time for research. Hardy spent the academic year — at Princeton University in an academic exchange with Oswald Veblen , who spent the year at Oxford. He was on the governing body of Abingdon School from to