Douglas West

American graph theorist
Person human Q5302097
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Summary

Douglas West is a human[1]. He was born on January 1, 1953[2]. He worked as a mathematician[3] and graph theorist[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (131 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Douglas West was born on January 1, 1953[2].
  • Douglas West held citizenship in United States[6].
  • Douglas West worked as a mathematician[3].
  • Douglas West worked as a graph theorist[4].
  • Douglas West's field of work was graph theory[7].
  • Douglas West's field of work was mathematics[8].
  • Douglas West was employed by University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign[9].
  • Douglas West's doctoral advisor was Daniel J. Kleitman[10].
  • Douglas West is recorded as male[11].
  • Douglas West's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • Douglas West supervised Ed Scheinerman as a doctoral student[13].
  • Douglas West supervised Hemanshu Kaul as a doctoral student[14].
  • Douglas West supervised Thomas Kratzke as a doctoral student[15].
  • Douglas West supervised Margaret L. Weaver as a doctoral student[16].
  • Douglas West supervised André E. Kézdy as a doctoral student[17].
  • Douglas West supervised Hunter Snevily as a doctoral student[18].
  • Douglas West supervised Myung Sook Chung as a doctoral student[19].
  • Douglas West supervised Todd Will as a doctoral student[20].
  • Douglas West supervised Yi-Wu Chang as a doctoral student[21].
  • Douglas West supervised In-Jen Lin as a doctoral student[22].
  • Douglas West supervised Glenn G. Chappell as a doctoral student[23].
  • Douglas West supervised Christopher M. Hartman as a doctoral student[24].
  • Douglas West supervised Dhruv Mubayi as a doctoral student[25].
  • Douglas West supervised Seog-Jin Kim as a doctoral student[26].
  • Douglas West supervised Tao Jiang as a doctoral student[27].

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Origins and Family

Douglas West was born on January 1, 1953[2].

Education

Douglas West's doctoral advisor was Daniel J. Kleitman[10].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include mathematician[3] and graph theorist[4]. Fields of work include graph theory[7], an academic discipline[28] and mathematics[8], an academic discipline[29]. Among Douglas West's employers was University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign[9]. Doctoral students include Ed Scheinerman[13], a mathematician[30], b. 1957[31], of United States[32], awarded the Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[33], specialised in graph theory[34]; Hemanshu Kaul[14], a university teacher[35]; Thomas Kratzke[15]; Margaret L. Weaver[16], a professor of mathematics[36], of United States[37]; André E. Kézdy[17]; and Hunter Snevily[18], a mathematician[38], 1956–2013[39].

Why It Matters

Douglas West ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (131 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[5] He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

FAQs

What did Douglas West do for work?

Douglas West worked as mathematician[3] and graph theorist[4].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  11. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Curriculum vitae url → https://dwest.web.illinois.edu/vita.pdf
    Field of work → graph theory, mathematics
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