Jones, F. Burton

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Jones was raised in Albany, Texas and attended the University of Texas at Austin where he completed his doctoral thesis under the direction of R. L. Moore in 1935. He was a topologist who worked in continua and in abstract spaces and originated the famous normal Moore space problem. Jones' primary teaching posts were at the University of Texas at Austin, the University of North Carolina and the University of California at Riverside. During his career, he published over 40 mathematical papers.

From the guide to the F. Burton Jones Papers 2000-213; 2001-062., 1906-1999, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

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referencedIn Archives of American Mathematics Reprint Collection 2006-213; 2010-123; 2010-136; 2010-173; 2010-195., 1912-1993 Archives of American Mathematics, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
creatorOf F. Burton Jones Papers 2000-213; 2001-062., 1906-1999 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
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associatedWith Archives of American Mathematics corporateBody
associatedWith Hagopian, Charles person
associatedWith Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882- person
associatedWith Rogers, James T. person
associatedWith Rudin, Mary Ellen, 1924- person
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Birth 1910-11-22

Death 1999-04-15

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