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Leon Trilling

Ph.D. California Institute of Technology 1948
Person human Q102077735

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
1924
Date of death
2018
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
aerospace engineer, historian of science, university teacher
Employer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology[7]
Educated at
California Institute of Technology[8]
Award received
Fulbright Scholarship, Guggenheim Fellowship[10][11]
Doctoral advisor
Paco Axel Lagerstrom[9]
Doctoral student
Saul Sigmond Abarbanel, Wiktor Eckhaus, Thomas Mason Jones[13][14][15]
Given name
Leon[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Leon Trilling he לאון טרילינג
🔖 Identifiers · 10
ISNI
0000000140844310
VIAF cluster ID
210333051
Academic Tree ID
691764
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11qnyrb5yq
Guggenheim fellows ID
leon-trilling
IdRef ID
149820402
MR Author ID
555102
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
49578
NUKAT ID
n2007099561
SHARE Catalogue author ID
56974

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Summary

Leon Trilling was born on 1924[1]. He died on 2018[2]. He worked as an aerospace engineer[3], historian of science[4], and university teacher[5].

FAQs

What did Leon Trilling do for work?

Leon Trilling worked as an aerospace engineer[3], historian of science[4], and university teacher[5].

Where did Leon Trilling go to school?

Leon Trilling was educated at California Institute of Technology[8].

What awards did Leon Trilling receive?

Honors received include Fulbright Scholarship[10] and Guggenheim Fellowship[11].

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  1. [12] ↑ . IdRef. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Doctoral student → Saul Sigmond Abarbanel, Wiktor Eckhaus, Thomas Mason Jones
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