James Henry Foster

Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1969 on "Branching Processes Involving Immigration" supervised by Peter E. Ney
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James Henry Foster

Summary

James Henry Foster is a human[1]. He worked as a probability theorist[2].

Key Facts

  • James Henry Foster's professions included probability theorist[2].
  • James Henry Foster was educated at University of Wisconsin–Madison[3].
  • James Henry Foster's doctoral advisor was Peter Ney[4].
  • James Henry Foster is recorded as male[5].
  • James Henry Foster's instance of is recorded as human[6].
  • James Henry Foster supervised Robert Theodore Goettge as a doctoral student[7].
  • James Henry Foster supervised Paul Russell Sparks as a doctoral student[8].
  • James Henry Foster's ISNI is recorded as 0000000082312630[9].
  • James Henry Foster's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 51046349[10].
  • James Henry Foster's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2002041825[11].
  • James Henry Foster's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA08840661[12].
  • James Henry Foster's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 9084[13].
  • James Henry Foster's family name is recorded as Foster[14].
  • James Henry Foster's given name is recorded as James[15].
  • James Henry Foster's given name is recorded as Henry[16].
  • James Henry Foster's Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID is recorded as 068534957[17].
  • James Henry Foster's zbMATH author ID is recorded as foster.james-henry[18].
  • James Henry Foster's MR Author ID is recorded as 358340[19].
  • James Henry Foster's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[20].
  • James Henry Foster's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PBJrWFHGVdvTw9KKFQCp773[21].
  • James Henry Foster's CiNii Research ID is recorded as 1140282266812673792[22].

Body

Education

James Henry Foster was educated at University of Wisconsin–Madison[3]. His doctoral advisor was Peter Ney[4].

Career and Affiliations

James Henry Foster's professions included probability theorist[2]. Doctoral students include Robert Theodore Goettge[7] and Paul Russell Sparks[8], a mathematician[23].

FAQs

What did James Henry Foster do for work?

James Henry Foster worked as probability theorist[2].

Where did James Henry Foster go to school?

James Henry Foster was educated at University of Wisconsin–Madison[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  4. [2] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . ci.nii.ac.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . zbmath.org. zbmath.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

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