Archibald Henderson (professor)

Archibald Henderson (professor)

Archibald Henderson (July 17, 1877 – December 6, 1963) was an American professor of mathematics who wrote on a variety of subjects, including drama and history. He was born at Salisbury, N. C., was educated at the University of North Carolina (A.B., 1898; Ph.D., 1902), and studied more at Chicago, Cambridge, and Berlin universities, and at the Sorbonne (Paris). After 1899 he taught at the University of North Carolina, becoming professor of pure mathematics in 1908.

His publications include:
* "Lines on the Cubic Surface" (1911)
* "Interpreters of Life and the Modern Spirit" (1911)
* "Mark Twain" (1911)
* "George Bernard Shaw: His Life and Works" (1911)
* "Forerunners of the Republic" (1913)
* "The Life and Times of Richard Henderson" (1913)
* "European Dramatists" (1913)
* "The Changing Drama" (1914)

References

* [http://docsouth.unc.edu/browse/bios/pn0000716_bio.html "Archibald Henderson"] , "Dictionary of North Carolina Biography", edited by William S. Powell. University of North Carolina Press, 1979–1996.

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