Cecil J. Nesbitt

Cecil J. Nesbitt

Cecil James Nesbitt, Ph.D., F.S.A., M.A.A.A. (1912 – 2001) was born in Ontario, Canada. He received his mathematical education at the University of Toronto and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He was a Ph.D. student of Richard Brauer and wrote many influential papers in the early history of modular representation theory. He taught actuarial mathematics at the University of Michigan from 1938 to 1980. He served the Society of Actuaries from 1985 to 1987 as Vice-President for Research and Studies. Professor Nesbitt died in 2001.

References

* Newton L. Bowers, Hans U. Gerber, James C. Hickman, Donald A. Jones, Cecil J. Nesbitt: Actuarial Mathematics. (2nd ed.), 1997, The Society of Actuaries ISBN 0-938959-46-8.
* Charles W. Curtis: Pioneers of Representation Theory. 1999, American Mathematical Society ISBN 978-0-8218-2677-5
* [http://www.soa.org/about/membership/about-deceased-members-2001-cecil-nesbitt.aspx Society of Actuaries' obituary] accessed 2007-11-23

ee also

* Schuette–Nesbitt formula

External links

*Mathgenealogy|name = Cecil James Nesbitt|id = 7749


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