Hassler Whitney
1907
-
1989
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Harvard University, Yale University
occupation: mathematician, university teacher
award received: National Medal of Science, Wolf Prize in Mathematics, Leroy P. Steele Prize, Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards
position held: chairperson
Hassler Whitney (March 23, 1907 – May 10, 1989) was an American mathematician. He was one of the founders of singularity theory, and did foundational work in manifolds, embeddings, immersions, characteristic classes, and geometric integration theory. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Human - wd:Q742072