Gordon Thomas Whyburn
Facts
24 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- January 7, 1904
- Date of death
- September 8, 1969
- Place of birth
- Lewisville
- Place of death
- Charlottesville
- Country of citizenship
- United States[10]
- Occupation
- mathematician, topologist, university teacher
- Position held
- chairperson[12]
- Award received
- Guggenheim Fellowship, Chauvenet Prize[19][20]
- Child
- Kenneth Gordon Whyburn[9]
- Sibling
- William Whyburn
- Doctoral advisor
- R. L. Moore[18]
- Doctoral student
- Alexander Doniphan Wallace, Beatrice Aitchison, John L. Kelley, Edwin E. Floyd, Charles Lester Clark, M. K. Fort, Jr., William Thomas Puckett, Jr., Charles Henry Harry, Charles Horatio Wheeler, III, George Earl Schweigert, James F. Wardwell, Dick Wick Hall, Paul Alexander White, Robert H. Kasriel, Robert Lee Plunkett, Robert Fones Williams, Wendell Endicott Malbon, Ralph Warren Jollensten, Paul Everett McDougle, Edwin Duda, George Kenneth Williams, Richard Alter Duke, Raymond Frank Dickman, Eugene Almon Stone, Adalberto Garcia-Maynez Cervantes, Evelyn Rupard McMillan, J. Gaylord May, Wilkes Graham May, James Cornelius Perry, Stephen Leon Lipscomb, Keith Roy Allen[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
- Academic thesis
- Concerning continua in the plane[39]
- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Member of
- National Academy of Sciences[21]
- Place of burial
- University of Virginia Cemetery and Columbarium[8]
- ISNI
- 0000000110265035
- VIAF cluster ID
- 49458311
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- n79054133
- GND ID
- 115586962
- Academic Tree ID
- 714712
- American National Biography ID
- 1302539
- BIBSYS ID
- 90865825
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 14524571v
- CONOR.SI ID
- 117225059
- DDB person (GND) ID
- 115586962
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
- 115586962
- FAST ID
- 1754761
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- Find a Grave memorial ID
- 83328229
- Freebase ID
- /m/0h95ws8
- Guggenheim fellows ID
- gordon-thomas-whyburn
- IdRef ID
- 083546456
- J9U entity ID
- 987007339768605171
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
- 115586962
- MR Author ID
- 565151
- MacTutor biography ID
- Whyburn
- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
- 293
- NL CR AUT ID
- ctu2014835856
- NLP ID
- a0000002464041
- NUKAT ID
- n99066549
- National Library of Poland MMS ID
- 9810605761005606
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 162253354
- Open Library ID
- OL1862378A
- Prabook ID
- 2317671
- SBN author ID
- AQ1V007969
- SHARE Catalogue author ID
- 41910
- SNAC ARK ID
- w6jw8tfj
- Treccani ID
- gordon-thomas-whyburn
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJvmHxHBFvFxJFGWhdGmBP
- Yale LUX ID
- person/c948d3ba-9579-469d-be12-db665e64339d
- ZbMATH author ID
- whyburn.gordon-thomas
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Doctoral students 2
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Summary
Gordon Thomas Whyburn was born on January 7, 1904[1], in Lewisville[2]. He died on September 8, 1969[3], in Charlottesville[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5], topologist[6], and university teacher[7].
Why It Matters
His notable doctoral advisees include John L. Kelley[41], a mathematician[42], 1916–1999[43], of United States[44], specialised in topology[45] and Beatrice Aitchison[46], an economist[47], 1908–1997[48], of United States[49], awarded the Fellow of the American Statistical Association[50].
FAQs
Where was Gordon Thomas Whyburn born?
Gordon Thomas Whyburn was born in Lewisville[2].
Where did Gordon Thomas Whyburn die?
Gordon Thomas Whyburn passed away in Charlottesville[4].
What did Gordon Thomas Whyburn do for work?
Gordon Thomas Whyburn worked as a mathematician[5], topologist[6], and university teacher[7].
Where did Gordon Thomas Whyburn go to school?
Gordon Thomas Whyburn was educated at University of Texas at Austin[16] and University of Vienna[17].
What awards did Gordon Thomas Whyburn receive?
Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[19] and Chauvenet Prize[20].