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James Waddell Alexander II

James Waddell Alexander

American mathematician (1888–1971).

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Place of Birth

Sea Bright

Sex or Gender

Male

Occupation

Mathematician
Topologist
University Teacher

Field of Work

Topology
Mathematics

Country of Citizenship

United States

Place of Death

Princeton

Date of Birth

9/19/1888

Date of Death

9/23/1971

Instance Of

Human

Family Name

Alexander

Employer

Princeton University
(1915 - 1933)
Start Time
: 1915
End Time
: 1933
Institute for Advanced Study
(1933 - 1951)
Start Time
: 1933
End Time
: 1951

Given Name

James

Doctoral Advisor

Oswald Veblen

Educated At

Princeton University
( - 1912)
End Time
: 1912
University of Paris
University of Bologna

Academic Degree

Doctor of Philosophy

Award Received

Bôcher Memorial Prize
(1928)
Point in Time
: 1928

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Name in Native Language

James Waddell Alexander II

Member Of

National Academy of Sciences
American Philosophical Society
(1928 - )
Start Time
: 1928

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Father

Birth Name

James Waddell Alexander

Notable Work

Alexander's Theorem
Alexander Polynomial
Conway–Alexander Polynomial
Alexander–Spanier Cohomology
Alexander Duality
Alexander's Trick

Academic Thesis

Functions Which Map the Interior of the Unit Circle upon Simple Regions
Doctoral Advisor
:
Oswald Veblen
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Publication Date
: 1915

Mother

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Elizabeth Alexander Alexander
Alexander Horned Sphere
John White Alexander