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Joseph Keller

Joseph Bishop Keller

American mathematician (1923–2016).

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Sex or Gender

Male

Occupation

Mathematician
University Teacher

Member Of

Royal Society
National Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
(2009 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Start Time
: 2009
American Mathematical Society
(11/1/2012 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Start Time
: 11/1/2012

Place of Birth

Paterson

Country of Citizenship

United States

Date of Birth

7/31/1923

Instance Of

Human

Educated At

Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
( - 1948)
End Time
: 1948
New York University
(1940 - 1948)
Start Time
: 1940
End Time
: 1948
Eastside High School
( - 1940)
End Time
: 1940

Employer

New York University
(1948 - 1979)
Start Time
: 1948
End Time
: 1979
Stanford University
(1979 - 1993)
End Cause
:
Professor Emeritus
Start Time
: 1979
End Time
: 1993

Given Name

Joseph
Series Ordinal
:1
Bishop
Series Ordinal
:2

Award Received

13 items
Timoshenko Medal
(1984)
Point in Time
: 1984
National Medal of Science
(1988)
Point in Time
: 1988
Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
(1977)
Point in Time
: 1977
Theodore Von Kármán Prize
(1979)
Point in Time
: 1979
Eringen Medal
(1981)
Point in Time
: 1981
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
(1997)
Award Rationale
: for his profound and innovative contributions, in particular to electromagnetic, optical, and acoustic wave propagation and to fluid, solid, quantum and statistical mechanics.
Country of Citizenship
:
United States
Point in Time
: 1997
Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
(2009)
Award Rationale
: For contributions in many areas of applied mathematics.
Subject Named As
:Joseph B. Keller
Point in Time
: 2009
Nemmers Prize in Mathematics
(1996)
Point in Time
: 1996
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
(6/26/1986)
Point in Time
: 6/26/1986
Ig Nobel Prize
(2012)
Field of Work
:
Physics
Point in Time
: 2012
Honorary Doctorate From Columbia University
(2014)
Point in Time
: 2014
Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards
(1976)
Point in Time
: 1976
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
(2013)
Point in Time
: 2013
Announcement Date
: 11/1/2012

Work Location

New York City

Family Name

Keller

Doctoral Advisor

Richard Courant

Date of Death

9/7/2016

Place of Death

Stanford
Palo Alto

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Spouse

Alice S. Whittemore
(1978 - 2016)
Start Time
: 1978
End Time
: 2016

Place of Burial

Woods Hole Village Cemetery
Coordinate Location
: 41.5216°N 70.6619°W

Birth Name

Joseph Bishop Keller

Sibling

Herbert Keller

Academic Thesis

Reflection and Transmission of Electromagnetic Waves by Thin Curved Shells
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Publication Date
: 1948

Notable Work

Einstein–Brillouin–Keller Method

Field of Work

Applied Mathematics

Different From

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Evelyn Fox Keller
(1963 - 1976)
End Cause
:
Divorce
Start Time
: 1963
End Time
: 1976