William Whyburn

American mathematician
Person Human Q37634085

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
November 12, 1901
Date of death
May 5, 1972
Place of birth
Lewisville
Place of death
Greenville
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Child
Clifton Thomas Whyburn[8]
Doctoral student
Clay Campbell Ross, Frank W. Stallard, Garrett Jay Etgen, Nathaniel Macon, Leonard P. Burton, Tullio J. Pignani, A. Keith Hinds, Bertram M. Drucker, Edward J. Pellicciaro, Paul S. Herwitz, Sandra G. Ness Hilt, Albert L. Deal, David W. Showalter[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
Academic thesis
Linear Boundary Value Problems for Ordinary Differential Equations and Their Associated Difference Equations[34]
Given name
William[33]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[36]
Place of burial
Chinn's Chapel Cemetery[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Marvin Whyburn
🔖 Identifiers · 19
VIAF cluster ID
115409126
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n87145216
Described at URL
www.ams.org
FAST ID
1754762
Find a Grave memorial ID
56937107
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/113smn7_k
J9U entity ID
987007274178805171
MR Author ID
565157
MacTutor biography ID
Whyburn_William
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
13478
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NUKAT ID
n2011110257
National Virtual Library of India ID
147638
Prabook ID
1047924
SHARE Catalogue author ID
124262
UOM ID
77354
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJyWRJBmb6qrmtJGW9c773
ZbMATH author ID
whyburn.william-m

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Summary

William Whyburn was born on November 12, 1901[1], in Lewisville[2]. He died on May 5, 1972[3], in Greenville[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].

FAQs

Where was William Whyburn born?

William Whyburn was born in Lewisville[2].

Where did William Whyburn die?

William Whyburn passed away in Greenville[4].

What did William Whyburn do for work?

William Whyburn worked as a mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].

Where did William Whyburn go to school?

William Whyburn was educated at University of Texas at Austin[15] and University of North Texas[16].

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  1. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    GND ID → 1037169921
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  2. 15w ago · Delirium · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → mathematician, university teacher
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  3. 17w ago · Bob08 · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship → United States
    "Created claim: Country of citizenship: United States, batch #260431"
  4. 20w ago · William Avery Bot bot · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    WorldCat Entities ID → E39PBJyWRJBmb6qrmtJGW9c773
    Find a Grave memorial ID → 56937107
    Instance of → human
    MacTutor biography ID → Whyburn_William
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