Thomas A. Scott Professorship of Mathematics
- Thomas A. Scott Professorship of Mathematics
The Thomas A. Scott Professorship of Mathematics is an academic grant made to the University of Pennsylvania. It was established in 1881 by the railroad executive and financier Thomas Alexander Scott. [citation
last1 = Nitzsche
first1 = George Erasmus
authorlink1 = George Erasmus Nitzsche
title = University of Pennsylvania: Its History, Traditions, Buildings and Memorials; Also a Brief Guide to Philadelphia
publisher = International Printing Company
year = 1918
edition = 7th
location = Philadelphia
pages = 328
page = 238
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=CWYgAAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA238,M1
oclc = 65488397]
Recipients
*Ezra Otis Kendall, 1881 - 1899[cite web]
title = Faculty History: 1750 - 1899
publisher = University of Pennsylvania Department of Mathematics
accessdate = 2008-04-18
url = http://www.math.upenn.edu/History/faculty_1750-1899.html]
*Edwin Schofield Crawley, 1899 - 1933
title = Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania 1899-1900
publisher = University of Pennsylvania
year = 1899
location = Philadelphia
pages = 485
page = 27
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=E3A4AAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPA27,M1
oclc = 183432992] [citation
title = Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania 1915-1916
publisher = University of Pennsylvania
year = 1915
location = Philadelphia
page = 32
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=KaY4AAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPA32,M1
oclc = 183432992] [citation
title = Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania 1921-1922
publisher = University of Pennsylvania
year = 1921
location = Philadelphia
page = 26
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=MHM4AAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPA124,M1
oclc = 183432992]
*George Hervey Hallett, 1933 - 1941[cite web]
title = Thomas A. Scott Professorship in Mathematics
publisher = University of Pennsylvania Department of Mathematics
accessdate = 2008-04-18
url = http://www.math.upenn.edu/History/thomas_a._scott_chair.html]
*John Robert Kline, 1941 - 1955
*Hans A. Rademacher, 1956 - 1962
*Eugenio Calabi, 1967 - 1993
*Shmuel Weinberger, 1994 - 1996
*Herbert S. Wilf, 1998 - presentee also
*Thomas A. Scott Fellowship in Hygiene
External links
* [http://www.math.upenn.edu/History/thomas_a._scott_chair.html University of Pennsylvania Mathematics Department page about the Professorship]
References
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