Hassler Whitney

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Hassler_Whitney

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Leroy_P._Steele_Prize gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science gptkb:mathematics
gptkbp:birthDate	1907-03-23
gptkbp:deathDate	1989-05-10
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:George_Birkhoff
gptkbp:doctoralStudent	gptkb:Frank_Adams gptkb:Stephen_Smale gptkb:Robert_Brooks gptkb:Robert_Bryant gptkb:Robert_Greene gptkb:Robert_Gunning gptkb:Robert_Hardt gptkb:Robert_Hermann gptkb:Robert_Palais gptkb:Isadore_Singer gptkb:John_Milnor gptkb:Raoul_Bott gptkb:Samuel_Eilenberg gptkb:Edward_Spanier gptkb:H._Blaine_Lawson gptkb:William_Browder gptkb:Robert_Wells
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:Harvard_University gptkb:Institute_for_Advanced_Study gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:field	gptkb:mathematics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Hassler Whitney
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Stephen_Smale gptkb:John_Milnor gptkb:Raoul_Bott gptkb:René_Thom gptkb:Shing-Tung_Yau
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Solomon_Lefschetz gptkb:George_Birkhoff
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Whitney_embedding_theorem gptkb:Whitney_extension_theorem gptkb:Whitney_trick gptkb:Whitney_umbrella matroid theory differential topology graph theory Whitney sum
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:placeOfBirth	gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:placeOfDeath	gptkb:Princeton,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Margaret_Howell
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:fiber
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4