David G. Bourgin

Ph.D. Harvard University 1926
Person human Q102076833
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David G. Bourgin

Summary

David G. Bourgin is a human[1]. He worked as a mathematician[2] and university teacher[3].

Key Facts

  • David G. Bourgin's professions included mathematician[2].
  • David G. Bourgin worked as a university teacher[3].
  • David G. Bourgin was employed by University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign[4].
  • David G. Bourgin was educated at Harvard University[5].
  • David G. Bourgin's doctoral advisor was Edwin C. Kemble[6].
  • David G. Bourgin's doctoral advisor was George David Birkhoff[7].
  • David G. Bourgin is recorded as male[8].
  • David G. Bourgin's instance of is recorded as human[9].
  • David G. Bourgin supervised Richard Duffin as a doctoral student[10].
  • David G. Bourgin supervised Abraham Charnes as a doctoral student[11].
  • David G. Bourgin supervised George Roger Livesay as a doctoral student[12].
  • David G. Bourgin supervised Ray Gartner Langebartel as a doctoral student[13].
  • David G. Bourgin supervised Benjamin Epstein as a doctoral student[14].
  • David G. Bourgin supervised Selmer M. Johnson as a doctoral student[15].
  • David G. Bourgin supervised L. R. Ford, Jr. as a doctoral student[16].
  • David G. Bourgin supervised Masami Wakae as a doctoral student[17].
  • David G. Bourgin supervised Charles Neville Maxwell as a doctoral student[18].
  • David G. Bourgin supervised Melvin Chandler Thornton as a doctoral student[19].
  • David G. Bourgin supervised Marianne Ruth Freundlich Smith as a doctoral student[20].
  • David G. Bourgin supervised Michael John Walsh as a doctoral student[21].
  • David G. Bourgin supervised Robert Marvin Baer as a doctoral student[22].
  • David G. Bourgin supervised Richard Eugene Priest as a doctoral student[23].
  • David G. Bourgin supervised Lewis Clark Butler as a doctoral student[24].
  • David G. Bourgin supervised Ralph Algernon DeMarr as a doctoral student[25].
  • David G. Bourgin supervised Surendranath Patnaik as a doctoral student[26].

Body

Education

David G. Bourgin was educated at Harvard University[5]. Doctoral advisors include Edwin C. Kemble[6], a physicist[27], 1889–1984[28], of United States[29], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[30] and George David Birkhoff[7], a mathematician[31], 1884–1944[32], of United States[33], awarded the Bôcher Memorial Prize[34], specialised in topology[35].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include mathematician[2] and university teacher[3]. Among David G. Bourgin's employers was University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign[4]. Doctoral students include Richard Duffin[10], a physicist[36], 1909–1996[37], of United States[38], awarded the John von Neumann Theory Prize[39], specialised in physics[40]; Abraham Charnes[11], a mathematician[41], 1917–1992[42], of United States[43], awarded the John von Neumann Theory Prize[44], specialised in mathematics[45]; George Roger Livesay[12], a mathematician[46]; Ray Gartner Langebartel[13], a university teacher[47], 1921–2011[48], of United States[49]; Benjamin Epstein[14], a statistician[50], 1918–2004[51], of United States[52], awarded the Fellow of the American Statistical Association[53]; and Selmer M. Johnson[15], a mathematician[54], 1916–1996[55], of United States[56].

FAQs

What did David G. Bourgin do for work?

David G. Bourgin worked as mathematician[2] and university teacher[3].

Where did David G. Bourgin go to school?

David G. Bourgin was educated at Harvard University[5].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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    Doctoral student Richard Duffin, Abraham Charnes, George Roger Livesay +27
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