University of Chicago. Department of Mathematics. Records 1892-1975

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University of Chicago. Department of Mathematics. Records 1892-1975

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The Department of Mathematics was founded with the University of Chicago, with coursework beginning in October 1892. The records of the University of Chicago's Department of Mathematics span the years 1894-1975, with a concentration of material documenting the department's early development from the 1890s-1930s. The collection contains correspondence, reports, biographical writings, publications, lecture notes, and other material related to administration, research and teaching in the department.

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Skinner, E. B.

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Miller, G. A. (George Abram), 1863-1951

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Bliss, Gilbert Ames, 1876-1951

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Moore, Eliakim Hastings, 1862-1932

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Mathematician. A.B., Yale University, 1883; Ph. D., 1885. Assistant professor of mathematics, Northwestern University, 1889-1891; associate professor, 1891-1892. Professor of mathematics, University of Chicago, 1892-1931. Head, Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago, 1896-1931. President, American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Mathematical Society. From the description of Papers, 1889-1931 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat ...

Dickson, Leonard E. (Leonard Eugene), 1874-1954

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Moulton, Forest Ray, 1872-1952

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Bolza, O. (Oskar), 1857-1942

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Professor of mathematics at Clark University. From the description of Scientific papers / Oskar Bolza. (Clark University). WorldCat record id: 224039150 ...

Mac Lane, Saunders, 1909-2005

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Mathematician Saunders Mac Lane (1909-) was a co-creator of category theory and also worked with homological algebra and the categorical foundations of mathematics. After earning his undergraduate degree from Yale in 1930, Mac Lane studied at the University of Chicago under E. H. Moore and then went to the University of Göttingen in Germany, earning his degree under I. Paul Bernays and Hermann Weyl in 1933, and returning to the United States. Mac Lane worked in the Applied Mathematics Groups at ...

Remick, Benjamin Luce

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University of Chicago. Department of Mathematics

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The Department of Mathematics was founded with the University of Chicago, with coursework beginning in October 1892. Early faculty included Oskar Bolza and Heinrich Maschke, appointed by department chair Eliakim Hastings Moore. The department was instrumental in organizing an international congress of mathematicians during the 1893 World's Fair, and later the American Mathematical Society. Early graduates of the department included influential mathematicians such as Gilbert Ames Bli...

Pitcher, Arthur Dunn, 1880-

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Pitcher received his A.B. in 1906 and his A.M. in 1907, both from KU and received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1910. He taught in the Department of Mathematics from 1906-1908 and from 1910-1911. From the guide to the Personal Papers of Arthur D. Pitcher, 1906-1911, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library University Archives) ...