LC control no. | no2017055342 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Fiske, Thomas Scott, 1865-1944 |
Variant(s) | Fiske, Thomas S. |
Birth date | 18650512 |
Death date | 19440110 |
Place of birth | New York (NY) |
Place of death | Poughkeepsie (NY) |
Field of activity | Mathematics |
Affiliation | New York Mathematical Society American Mathematical Society Columbia University |
Profession or occupation | Faculty (Education) Professor |
Found in | Functions of a complex variable, 1907: title page (By Thomas S. Fiske) Wikipeda, viewed 4/27/2017: (Thomas Scott Fiske was an American mathematician. He was born in New York City and graduated in 1885 (Ph.D., 1888) from Columbia University, where he was a fellow, assistant, tutor, instructor, and adjunct professor until 1897, when he became professor of mathematics. In 1899 he was acting dean of Barnard College. He was president in 1902-04 of the American Mathematical Society, and he also edited the Bulletin (1891-99) and Transactions (1899-1905) of this society. In 1902 he became secretary of the College Entrance Examination Board. Besides his mathematical papers, he was author of Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable (1906; fourth edition, 1907)). |