Enrico Volterra Papers, 1910-2009, bulk 1930-1973

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Enrico Volterra Papers, 1910-2009, bulk 1930-1973

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The scientific and personal correspondence of Enrico Volterra (1905-1973) from the collection known as the Papers of Enrico Volterra in the Archives of the California Institute of Technology. He was the son of the distinguished Italian mathematician Vito Volterra. He emigrated from Italy circa 1937, first to England, and finally to the US. He was trained as an engineer and taught at several universities, ultimately settling at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was professor of engineering mechanics and aerospace engineering. The papers contain the autograph collection assembled by Vito Volterra.

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