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at a young age. From 1871 to 1881, he was instructor in mathematics at the
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Delhi
British India
London
United Kingdom
Cunningham chain
Cunningham number
the Cunningham project
Number theory
mathematician
Delhi
Sir Alexander Cunningham
Archaeological Survey of India
East India Company
Bengal Engineers
Indian Institute Of Technology Roorkee
United Kingdom
Chatham
Dublin
Shorncliffe
number theory
factors
Mersenne numbers
Fermat numbers
Cunningham project
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
doi
10.1093/ref:odnb/6916
UK public library membership
Allan Joseph Champneys Cunningham
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