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Marston Morse

Harold Calvin Marston Morse

American mathematician (1892–1977).

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Occupation

Mathematician
Topologist
University Teacher

Field of Work

Topology
Mathematics
Calculus of Variations
Differential Topology

Place of Birth

Waterville

Place of Death

Princeton

Country of Citizenship

United States

Date of Birth

3/24/1892

Date of Death

6/22/1977

Instance Of

Human

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Educated At

Harvard University
(1914 - 1917)
Start Time
: 1914
End Time
: 1917
Colby College
(1910 - 1914)
Start Time
: 1910
End Time
: 1914
Coburn Classical Institute
( - 1910)
End Time
: 1910
Coburn Classical Institute

Employer

Institute for Advanced Study
(1935 - 1962)
Start Time
: 1935
End Time
: 1962
Harvard University
(1919 - 1920)
Start Time
: 1919
End Time
: 1920
Cornell University
(1920 - 1925)
Start Time
: 1920
End Time
: 1925
Brown University
(1925 - 1926)
Start Time
: 1925
End Time
: 1926
Harvard University
(1926 - 1935)
Start Time
: 1926
End Time
: 1935

Given Name

Harold
Series Ordinal
:1
Calvin
Series Ordinal
:2

Doctoral Advisor

George David Birkhoff

Member Of

Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities
(1950 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Corresponding Member
Start Time
: 1950
National Academy of Sciences
(1932 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Start Time
: 1932
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Romanian Academy
American Philosophical Society
(1936 - )
Start Time
: 1936

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Family Name

Morse

Sex or Gender

Male

Birth Name

Harold Calvin Marston Morse

Place of Burial

Pine Grove Cemetery
Burial Plot Reference
:Lot 626 - Grave 4
Coordinate Location
: 44.5372°N 69.6453°W

Notable Work

Morse Theory
Morse Function
Morse–Palais Lemma
Morse Homology
Thue–Morse Sequence
Prouhet–Thue–Morse Constant

Academic Thesis

Certain Types of Geodesic Motion on a Surface of Negative Curvature
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URL
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Work Available at URL
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Publication Date
: 1917

Position Held

Chairperson
(1941 - 1942)
Replaces
:
Griffith C. Evans
Replaced By
:
Marshall Harvey Stone
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
American Mathematical Society
Start Time
: 1941
End Time
: 1942

Name in Native Language

Harold Calvin Marston Morse

Spouse

Louise Jefferys Morse
Celeste Phelps

Child

Dryden Phelps Morse

Award Received

Croix De Guerre 1914–1918
(1919)
Point in Time
: 1919
Bôcher Memorial Prize
(1933)
Point in Time
: 1933
Doctor Honoris Causa From the University of Paris
(1946)
Point in Time
: 1946
Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
(1952)
Point in Time
: 1952
Knight of the Legion of Honour
(1952)
Point in Time
: 1952
Honorary Doctor of the University of Rennes
(1953)
Point in Time
: 1953
National Medal of Science
(1964)
Point in Time
: 1964
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