Alexander Doniphan Wallace (21 August 1905, in
Hampton, Virginia
Hampton () is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 137,148. It is the List ...
, USA – 16 October 1985, in
, USA) was an American mathematician who introduced
proximity spaces.
Wallace received from the
University of Virginia
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B.A. in 1935, M.A. in 1936 and Ph.D. in 1940. He was an instructor at
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...
in 1940–1941 and became an assistant professor in mathematics at the
University of Pennsylvania
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in 1941 and remained there until 1947. He was a professor and chair of the mathematics department at
Tulane University
Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...
in 1947–1963. From 1963 until his retirement in 1973 he was a mathematics professor at the
University of Florida
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.
His doctoral students include
Chung Tao Yang
Chung Tao Yang, or Chung-Tao Yang, Yang Zhongdao (Traditional Chinese: 楊忠道, Simplified Chinese: 杨忠道, Pinyin: Yáng Zhòngdào) (May 4, 1923 – 2005), was a notable Chinese American topologist. He was an academician of the Academia Si ...
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1905 births
1985 deaths
20th-century American mathematicians
People from Hampton, Virginia
Mathematicians from Virginia
Topologists
University of Virginia alumni
University of Pennsylvania faculty
Tulane University faculty
University of Florida faculty
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