Griffith C. Evans
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Griffith Conrad Evans (11 May 1887 – 8 December 1973) was a mathematician working for much of his career at the University of California, Berkeley. He is largely credited with elevating Berkeley's mathematics department to a top-tier research department,[1] having recruited many notable mathematicians in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Griffith Conrad Evans | |
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Born | 11 May 1887 (1887-05-11) |
Died | 8 December 1973 (1973-12-09) (aged 86) |
Nationality (legal) | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Potential theory Functional analysis Integral equations |
Institutions | Rice University University of California, Berkeley |
Doctoral advisor | Maxime Bôcher |
Doctoral students | John Gergen Alfred Horn Kenneth May Charles F. Roos |
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