Hassler Whitney
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Hassler Whitney appears in Vinony's National Medal of Science collection — one of 543 entries.
Within Vinony's link graph, Hassler Whitney is referenced by 555 other articles, and connects out to Oxford University Press, John G. Thompson and David Mumford.
It is catalogued under topics including 1907 births, 1989 deaths and 20th-century American mathematicians.
Its subject is documented across 23 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Princeton
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- chairperson
- Educated at
- Yale University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Whitney umbrella
- Doctoral advisor
- George David Birkhoff
- Field of work
- mathematical singularity
- Image
- WhitneyHassler Moscow1935.tif
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- date of birth
- 1907-03-23
- date of death
- 1989-05-10
- member of
- Swiss Alpine Club
- Erdős number
- 2
- name in native language
- Hassler Whitney
- Commons category
- Hassler Whitney (mathematician)
- name
- Hass Whitney
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Categories
1907 births1989 deaths20th-century American mathematiciansAmerican geometersAmerican topologistsGraph theoristsHarvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumniHarvard University Department of Mathematics facultyInstitute for Advanced Study facultyMathematicians from New York (state)Members of the American Philosophical SocietyMembers of the United States National Academy of SciencesNational Medal of Science laureatesPrinceton University facultyScientists from New York CityWolf Prize in Mathematics laureatesYale College alumni