Oswald Veblen

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

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:University_of_Chicago gptkb:University_of_Iowa
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:National_Medal_for_Merit
gptkbp:birthDate	1880-06-24
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Decorah,_Iowa,_United_States
gptkbp:contributedTo	gptkb:Manhattan_Project ballistics research during World War I
gptkbp:deathDate	1960-08-10
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Brookline,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:E._H._Moore
gptkbp:editor	gptkb:Annals_of_Mathematics
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:Institute_for_Advanced_Study gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:field	gptkb:geometry gptkb:mathematics gptkb:topology differential geometry
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Veblen_axioms gptkb:Veblen_functions gptkb:Veblen_theorem work on projective geometry work on topology
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Mathematical_Society gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableStudent	gptkb:Alonzo_Church gptkb:Marston_Morse gptkb:James_Waddell_Alexander_II
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:president	gptkb:American_Mathematical_Society gptkb:Mathematical_Association_of_America
gptkbp:relative	gptkb:Thorstein_Veblen
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:Princeton,_New_Jersey,_United_States
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Elizabeth_Richardson_Veblen
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Alonzo_Church gptkb:Institute_for_Advanced_Study gptkb:Maxime_Bôcher gptkb:Oswald_Veblen_Prize_in_Geometry
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Oswald Veblen