Burton Wadsworth Jones

American mathematician
Person human Q16010405
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Burton Wadsworth Jones was born on October 1, 1902[1], in Redwood Falls[2]. He died on December 8, 1983[3], in Wellesley[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5] and university teacher[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: 1902[8]
  • Date of death: 1983[9]
  • Country of citizenship: United States[10]
  • Employer: Cornell University[11], University of Colorado Boulder[12]
  • Educated at: Harvard University[13], University of Chicago[14], Grinnell College[15]
  • Doctoral advisor: Leonard Eugene Dickson[16]
  • Sex or gender: male[17]
  • Doctoral student: William J. LeVeque[18], Irving Reiner[19], George B. Thomas[20], William Egbert Briggs[21], Mary P. Dolciani[22], Burrows Hunt[23], Donald C. B. Marsh[24], Robert Glenn Thompson[25], Gordon Berton Hare[26], William Charles Ramaley[27], Kyong Soo Chung[28], John Walter Duke[29], Reuben Roosvelt McDaniel[30], Irma Reiner[31]
  • Family name: Jones[32]
  • Given name: Burton[33]
  • Different from: F. Burton Jones[34]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[35]

Why It Matters

Burton Wadsworth Jones is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

Where was Burton Wadsworth Jones born?

Burton Wadsworth Jones's place of birth was Redwood Falls[2].

Where did Burton Wadsworth Jones die?

Burton Wadsworth Jones died in Wellesley[4].

What did Burton Wadsworth Jones do for work?

Burton Wadsworth Jones worked as a mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].

Where did Burton Wadsworth Jones go to school?

Burton Wadsworth Jones was educated at Harvard University[13], University of Chicago[14], and Grinnell College[15].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [28] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  25. [30] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  26. [31] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  27. [1] ↑ . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [8] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [9] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Burton Wadsworth Jones. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/burton-wadsworth-jones
MLA “Burton Wadsworth Jones.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/burton-wadsworth-jones.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_burton-wadsworth-jones_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Burton Wadsworth Jones}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/burton-wadsworth-jones}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Burton Wadsworth Jones — https://4ort.xyz/entity/burton-wadsworth-jones (retrieved 2026-10-13)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/burton-wadsworth-jones · Last refreshed: