Thomas Fiske | |
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![]() Fiske between circa 1903 and circa 1904 | |
Born | 1865 (1865) New York City, New York, US |
Died | January 10, 1944(1944-01-10) (aged 78–79) |
Education | Columbia University (PhD) |
Known for | Complex analysis |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Columbia University Barnard College American Mathematical Society (President 1903–04) |
Thomas Scott Fiske (1865–January 10, 1944)[1] was an American mathematician.[1]
He was born inNew York City and graduated in 1885 (Ph.D., 1888) fromColumbia University,[1] where he was a fellow, assistant, tutor, instructor, and adjunct professor until 1897, when he becameprofessor of mathematics. In 1899 he was actingdean ofBarnard College. He was president in 1902–04 of theAmerican Mathematical Society, and he also edited theBulletin (1891–99) andTransactions (1899–1905) of this society. In 1902 he became secretary of theCollege Entrance Examination Board. In 1905–06 he also served as president of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics of the Middle States and Maryland. Besides his mathematical papers, he was author ofTheory of Functions of a Complex Variable (1906; fourth edition, 1907)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905).New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.{{cite encyclopedia}}
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