Oswald Veblen

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geometer human mathematician topologist

Oswald Veblen was an American mathematician known for his foundational work in topology and geometry and for helping to shape the early development of the Institute for Advanced Study.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geometer → human → mathematician → topologist →
academicDegree	PhD in mathematics →
awardReceived	Lobachevsky Prize → National Medal of Science →
conflictParticipatedIn	World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1880-06-24 →
dateOfDeath	1960-08-10 →
doctoralAdvisor	E. H. Moore →
doctoralStudent	Alonzo Church → J. H. C. Whitehead → Solomon Lefschetz →
educatedAt	Harvard University → University of Iowa →
employer	Institute for Advanced Study → Princeton University →
familyName	Veblen →
fieldOfWork	foundations of mathematics → geometry → mathematical logic → topology →
givenName	Oswald →
hasRelative	Thorstein Veblen →
influenced	development of American mathematics in the 20th century → early organization of the Institute for Advanced Study →
knownFor	contributions to the development of the Institute for Advanced Study → foundational work in geometry → foundational work in topology →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Mathematical Society → National Academy of Sciences →
militaryService	United States Army →
name	Oswald Veblen →
notableWork	Analysis Situs → The Foundations of Geometry → Veblen axioms for projective geometry → Veblen hierarchy →
occupation	mathematician →
placeOfBirth	Decorah, Iowa →
placeOfDeath	Brooklin, Maine →
positionHeld	professor at Institute for Advanced Study → professor at Princeton University →
relativeType	cousin of Thorstein Veblen →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Princeton, New Jersey →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alonzo Church →	doctoralAdvisor
Oswald Veblen →	name
Veblen Prize in Geometry →	namedAfter
Institute for Advanced Study →	notableScholar