Charles Howard Hinton was a British mathematician and writer of science fiction works titled Scientific Romances. He was interested in higher dimensions, particularly the fourth dimension. He is known for coining the word "tesseract" and for his work on methods of visualising the geometry of higher dimensions.
- Occupation
- mathematician, writer, science fiction writer, philosopher
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- 1853
- Died
- April 30, 1907
