Department of Mathematics Oral History Project records 1985

Princeton University. Department of Mathematics.

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The 1930s saw the flowering of a unique mathematical community at Princeton University, sparked by the construction of a luxurious new building Fine Hall (now Jones Hall) designed to facilitate a real community of mathematicians engaged in research and closely linked with mathematical physicists in the attached Palmer physics laboratory. This community was unlike any other in America before that time and perhaps afterwards, and had important consequences for American mathematics. With the planni...

Alexander, James W., 1888-1971

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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

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Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was...

Bochner, S. (Salomon), 1899-

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Mathematician and professor of mathematics at Princeton and Rice universities; b. Salomon Chaim Bochner; d. 1982. From the description of Salomon Chaim Bochner papers, 1914-1982 (bulk 1968-1981). (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 28418161 ...

Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

Institute for advanced study Princeton, N.J.

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Morse, Marston, 1892-1977

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Mathematician, educator, and author, of Princeton, N.J.; joined the faculty of Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, N.J., in 1935. From the description of History of the Institute for Advanced Study, 1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70966902 Marston Morse (1892-1977) received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1917. He was the Benjamin Peirce Instructor in Mathematics (1919-1920), Assistant Professor of Mathematics (1926-1928), and Professor of Mathematics (1929-1935) at Ha...

Weyl, Hermann, 1885-1955

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Eisenhart, Luther Pfahler, 1876-1965

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Luther P. (Pfahler) Eisenhart taught mathematics at Princeton and was one of the original preceptors appointed in 1905 by Princeton University president Woodrow Wilson. He was born on January 13, 1876 to Charles Augustus Eisenhart and Emma Catherine Pfahler Eisenhart in York, Pennsylvania. Eisenhart received his B.A. in Mathematics from Gettysburg College in 1896 and a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in 1900. Eisenhart became an instructor at Princeton University in 1900; Wilson named hi...

Veblen, Oswald, 1880-1960

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Mathematician. From the description of Oswald Veblen papers, 1881-1960 (bulk 1920-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71062378 Biographical Note 1880, June 24 Born, Decorah, Iowa 1898 A.B., University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 1900 A.B...

Lefschetz, Solomon, 1884-1972

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Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957

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John (Johann) Louis von Neumann (1903-1957) was born in Budapest and showed early signs of being a child prodigy. He entered the University of Budapest in 1921, but also attended the University of Berlin and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology before obtaining a degree in chemical engineering in 1925. He earned his Doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Budapest in 1927. After graduation, he worked at the University of Berlin before becoming a visiting professor to Princeton from ...