Hassler Whitney

Hassler Whitney
Hassler Whitney
	Whitney in April 1973
Born	March 23, 1907; New York City, US
Died	May 10, 1989 (aged 82); Princeton, New Jersey, US
Alma mater	Yale University
Known for	Algebraic topology; Differential topology; Graph theory; Geometric measure theory; Cohomology; Matroid theory; Singularity theory;
Awards	National Medal of Science (1976); Wolf Prize (1982); Leroy P. Steele Prize (1985);
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Harvard University; Institute for Advanced Study; Princeton University; National Science Foundation; National Defense Research Committee;
Thesis	The Coloring of Graphs (1932)
Doctoral advisor	George David Birkhoff
Doctoral students	R. Eliot Chamberlin; James Eells; Wilfred Kaplan; Paul Olum; Herbert Robbins;

Hassler Whitney (March 23, 1907 – May 10, 1989) was an American mathematician. He was one of the founders of singularity theory, and did foundational work in manifolds, embeddings, immersions, characteristic classes, and geometric integration theory.

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