Editing Keith Devlin (section)

{{Short description|British mathematician (born 1947)}}
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| name              = Keith J. Devlin
| image             = Keith Devlin WSF 2011.jpg
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| caption           = Keith Devlin (2011)
| birth_date        = {{birth-date and age|16 March 1947}}<ref name="loc">[http://lccn.loc.gov/n79082239 Author information from Library of Congress authorities]. Lccn.loc.gov</ref><ref name="bl">{{cite web|url=http://primocat.bl.uk/F/?func=direct&local_base=PRIMO&doc_number=007044112&format=001&con_lng=eng|title=British Library Item details|website=Primocat.bl.uk|access-date=6 July 2022|archive-date=17 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517060715/http://primocat.bl.uk/F/?func=direct&local_base=PRIMO&doc_number=007044112&format=001&con_lng=eng|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| birth_place       = [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], England<ref name="cv"/><ref name="dnb">[https://portal.dnb.de/resolver.htm?referrerResultId=keith+devlin%26any&referrerPosition=0&identifier=123265460 Author information from German National Library catalogue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232944/https://portal.dnb.de/resolver.htm?referrerResultId=keith+devlin&any&referrerPosition=0&identifier=123265460 |date=30 December 2013 }}.</ref>
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| nationality       = [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[United States|American]]
| fields            = Mathematics
| workplaces        = [[Stanford University]], [[King's College London]], [[University of Bristol]], [[University of Manchester]], [[University of Aberdeen]], [[University of Oslo]], [[University of Heidelberg]], [[University of Bonn]], [[University of Toronto]], [[University of Lancaster]], [[Colby College]], [[St. Mary's College of California]]
| alma_mater        = [[King's College London]], [[University of Bristol]]
| doctoral_advisor  = [[Frederick Rowbottom]]
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| known_for         = Mathematics communication
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'''Keith James Devlin''' (born 16 March 1947) is a British mathematician and [[popular science]] writer. Since 1987 he has lived in the United States. He has dual British-American citizenship.<ref name="cv">[http://profkeithdevlin.com/DevlinVita.pdf Curriculum vitae], Profkeithdevlin.com, accessed 3 February 2014.</ref>