<p>Based on a quick search through the University of Michigan library catalog, I'm pretty sure it's "Edwin"; see, for example, this technical report <a href="http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/3366/bab0803.0001.001.pdf?sequence=5&amp;isAllowed=y" rel="nofollow">"A Class of Sequential Sampling Problems Arising in Certain Learning Situations" (1967)</a>.</p>

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2014-11-25T07:29:53.143Z
Did you find out what the "S." stood for?
Antoine Amarilli 'a3nm'
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2014-11-25T23:34:47.897Z
@a3nm Sorry, I have no clue.
mhum
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mhum
<p>I knew him as a mentor back in the day.  In person he went by "Stewart Bainbridge".  Which also answers the question asked by @a3nm about what the "S" stands for.  I never heard about the "Edwin" so presumably it was a given name he wasn't fond of.</p>

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<p>Bainbridge coauthored the paper `Functorial Polymorphism' with Freyd, Scedrov and Scott (<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3975(90)90151-7" rel="nofollow">DOI</a>). What is his/her first name?</p>

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2014-11-25T17:50:20.623Z
I am curious, what is the purpose of this question?
Sasho Nikolov
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To answer literally, there is no specific purpose other than knowing the name. For a more complete answer, I think I felt slightly guilty by having other names in the same entry but leaving only an abbreviation for this name. (Thanks for correcting the typo, by the way.)
Yuning
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I would say that if an author consistently writes his name as "E.S. Bainbridge" on publications, then he wants to be referred to as "E.S. Bainbridge". I know other scientists who prefer to use only an initial for their first name. Notice that in the tech report below E.S. is handwritten next to Edwin.
Sasho Nikolov
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What is the first name of Bainbridge?
Yuning
# What is the first name of Bainbridge?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-11-24)

Bainbridge coauthored the paper `Functorial Polymorphism' with Freyd, Scedrov and Scott ([DOI](http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3975(90)90151-7)). What is his/her first name?

**Tags:** type-theory, authorship

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I am curious, what is the purpose of this question?  
> **username_0**: To answer literally, there is no specific purpose other than knowing the name. For a more complete answer, I think I felt slightly guilty by having other names in the same entry but leaving only an abbreviation for this name. (Thanks for correcting the typo, by the way.)  
> **username_1**: I would say that if an author consistently writes his name as "E.S. Bainbridge" on publications, then he wants to be referred to as "E.S. Bainbridge". I know other scientists who prefer to use only an initial for their first name. Notice that in the tech report below E.S. is handwritten next to Edwin.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-11-24. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Based on a quick search through the University of Michigan library catalog, I'm pretty sure it's "Edwin"; see, for example, this technical report ["A Class of Sequential Sampling Problems Arising in Certain Learning Situations" (1967)](http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/3366/bab0803.0001.001.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y).

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Did you find out what the "S." stood for?  
> **username_2**: @a3nm Sorry, I have no clue.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2019-03-23. Score: 5

I knew him as a mentor back in the day. In person he went by "Stewart Bainbridge". Which also answers the question asked by @a3nm about what the "S" stands for. I never heard about the "Edwin" so presumably it was a given name he wasn't fond of.


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