Question: What key details about w. v. d. hodge can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: william vallance douglas hodge frs -lrb- 17 june 1903 -- 7 july 1975 -rrb- was a scottish mathematician , specifically a geometer . his discovery of far-reaching topological relations between algebraic geometry and differential geometry -- an area now called hodge theory and pertaining more generally to kahler manifolds -- has been a major influence on subsequent work in geometry .
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- doctoral students is michael simms atiyah samuel lilley ian r. porteous david j.- known for is hodge conjecture hodge dual hodge bundle- fields is mathematics- death date is 07 july 1975- workplaces is university of cambridge- academic advisors is e. t. whittaker- awards is adams 1952 -rrb- royal medal -lrb- 1957 -rrb- de morgan medal prize -lrb- 1959 -rrb- copley medal -lrb- 1974 -rrb- -lrb- 1936 -rrb- senior berwick prize -lrb-- birth date is 17 june 1903- name is w. v. d. hodge- nationality is british- death place is cambridge- birth place is edinburgh- alma mater is university of edinburgh