Arthur Byron Coble
Arthur Byron Coble (born November 3, 1878 in Williamstown (Pennsylvania) , † December 8, 1966 in Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) ) was an American mathematician who studied algebraic geometry.
Coble studied at Gettysburg College with a bachelor's degree in 1897 and at Johns Hopkins University , where he received his doctorate in 1902 under Frank Morley (The Relation of the Quartic Curve to Conics). He was then briefly an instructor at the University of Missouri before returning to Johns Hopkins University as an assistant to Morley. In 1903/4 he studied in Germany with Eduard Study (who taught at Johns Hopkins in 1893) in Greifswald and Bonn. He then became an instructor at Johns Hopkins and an Associate Professor in 1909. In 1918 he became a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , where he stayed until his retirement in 1947.
In 1927/28 he was visiting professor at Johns Hopkins and in 1919 at the University of Chicago.
In 1924, Coble was elected to the National Academy of Sciences . From 1933 to 1934 he was President of the American Mathematical Society . Since 1939 he was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society . He was editor of their Transactions from 1920 to 1925 and of the American Journal of Mathematics from 1918 to 1933 .
He had been married since 1905 and had four children.
Fonts
- Algebraic geometry and theta functions, American Mathematical Society Colloquium Publications, 1929
Web links
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Arthur Byron Coble. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
Individual evidence
- ^ Member History: Arthur B. Coble. American Philosophical Society, accessed June 22, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coble, Arthur Byron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Williamstown, Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1966 |
| Place of death | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |