William Caspar Graustein

William Caspar Graustein (15 November 1888 – 22 January 1941) was an American mathematician. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1910[1] and later became an instructor at Harvard University. In 1921, he married Mary Curtis Graustein (1884—1972), who was the first American woman to earn a mathematics Ph.D. (1917) from Radcliffe College.[2]

William Caspar Graustein
Left to right, upper: Graustein, Smith, lower: Rellich, Mary Graustein, at the ICM, Zürich 1932.
Born(1888-11-15)15 November 1888
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died22 January 1941(1941-01-22) (aged 52)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
SpouseMary Florence (nee Curtis)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsHarvard University
Doctoral advisorEduard Study

He died in an automobile accident, at the age of 52. At the time, Graustein was professor of mathematics and assistant dean at Harvard.[2]

Bibliography

Some of his books and papers are:[3]

  • The scientific work of Joseph Lipka
  • Applicability with preservation of both curvatures
  • Extensions of the four-vertex theorem
  • Introduction to higher geometry
  • Differential Geometry MacMillan Company 1935. Republished Dover 1966 2006.

References
  1. Coolidge, J. L. (2017-01-27). "William Caspar Graustein—In memoriam". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 47 (5): 343–349. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1941-07433-1. ISSN 0002-9904.
  2. Green, Judy; LaDuke, Jeanne (2008). Pioneering Women in American Mathematics — The Pre-1940 PhD's. History of Mathematics. Vol. 34 (1st ed.). American Mathematical Society, The London Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0-8218-4376-5. Mary Florence (Curtis) Graustein biography on p.213-215 of the Supplementary Material at AMS
  3. "Results for 'au:Graustein, William C.' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2017-01-27.


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