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.
Recipients
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Ezra Otis Kendall
Ezra Otis Kendall (1818–1899) was an American professor, astronomer and mathematician. He was known for his work in uranography.
Kendall was born on May 17, 1818, in Wilmington, Massachusetts to parents Ezra Kendall and Susanna Cook Walker ...
, 1881–1899
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Edwin Schofield Crawley, 1899–1933
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George Hervey Hallett, 1933–1941
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John Robert Kline
John Robert Kline (December 7, 1891 – May 2, 1955) was an American mathematician and educator.
One of three children born to Henry K. Kline (1862–1923) and Emma M. Kline (1869–1948), he was Professor of mathematics at the University of Pen ...
, 1941–1955
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Hans A. Rademacher, 1956–1962
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Eugenio Calabi
Eugenio Calabi (born 11 May 1923) is an Italian-born American mathematician and the Thomas A. Scott Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in differential geometry, partial differential equations and ...
, 1967–1993
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Shmuel Weinberger, 1994–1996
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Herbert S. Wilf, 1998–2006
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Charles Epstein
Charles L. Epstein is a Thomas A. Scott Professor of Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. , 2008–present
See also
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Thomas A. Scott Fellowship in Hygiene
External links
University of Pennsylvania Mathematics Department page about the Professorship
References
Professorships in mathematics
Awards established in 1881
University of Pennsylvania
Mathematics education in the United States
1881 establishments in Pennsylvania
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