William Newcomb

Summary

William Newcomb is a human^[1]. He was born on +1901-00-00T00:00:00Z^[2]. He died on +1999-05-29T00:00:00Z^[3]. He worked as a physicist^[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month, #7,291 of 1,000,298).^[5]

Key Facts

• William Newcomb was born on +1901-00-00T00:00:00Z^[2].
• William Newcomb died on +1999-05-29T00:00:00Z^[3].
• William Newcomb held citizenship in United States^[6].
• William Newcomb's professions included physicist^[4].
• William Newcomb was employed by University of California, Davis^[7].
• Among William Newcomb's employers was University of California, Berkeley^[8].
• William Newcomb was educated at Cornell University^[9].
• William Newcomb's doctoral advisor was Mark Kac^[10].
• William Newcomb is recorded as male^[11].
• William Newcomb's instance of is recorded as human^[12].
• William Newcomb supervised Bruce M. Boghosian as a doctoral student^[13].
• William Newcomb supervised Robert Carl White as a doctoral student^[14].
• William Newcomb's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 212229335^[15].
• William Newcomb's GND ID is recorded as 122555384^[16].
• William Newcomb's IdRef ID is recorded as 136651755^[17].
• William Newcomb's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 101351^[18].
• William Newcomb's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02mqtv^[19].
• William Newcomb's family name is recorded as Newcomb^[20].
• William Newcomb's given name is recorded as William^[21].
• William Newcomb's zbMATH author ID is recorded as newcomb.william-a^[22].
• William Newcomb's MR Author ID is recorded as 130720^[23].
• William Newcomb's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[24].
• William Newcomb's IxTheo authority ID is recorded as 705950034^[25].

Body

Origins and Family

William Newcomb was born on +1901-00-00T00:00:00Z^[2].

Education

William Newcomb's education included a stint at Cornell University^[9]. His doctoral advisor was Mark Kac^[10].

Career and Affiliations

William Newcomb's professions included physicist^[4]. Employers include University of California, Davis^[7], a university^[26], in United States^[27], founded in 1905^[28] and University of California, Berkeley^[8], a public research university^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1868^[31], headquartered in Berkeley^[32]. Doctoral students include Bruce M. Boghosian^[13], a mathematician^[33], b. 1955^[34] and Robert Carl White^[14].

Death and Burial

William Newcomb died on +1999-05-29T00:00:00Z^[3].

Why It Matters

William Newcomb ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month, #7,291 of 1,000,298).^[5]

FAQs

What did William Newcomb do for work?

William Newcomb worked as physicist^[4].

Where did William Newcomb go to school?

William Newcomb was educated at Cornell University^[9].