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Call Number: SC0745
Creator:
Herriot, John George, 1916-
Title: John George Herriot papers
Dates: 1937-1992
Physical Description:
8 Linear feet
Summary: These papers document his career as a mathematician and include
his notes taken while a student at Brown University, 1937-41, and his master's and
doctoral theses, 1940-41; research files (notes, computations, articles, computer
printouts, some correspondence, and other materials) on Fourier series, Schlicht
functions, spline theory, and other topics, 1940-83; memos, minutes, correspondence, and
other records pertaining to Stanford's Dept. of Computer Sciences and the Stanford
Computation Center, 1946-92; correspondence, notes, and reports pertaining to his
Fulbright year, 1962-63; and bibliographic and biographical materials. Other persons
represented in the papers include Carl De Boor, C. H. Reinsch, and Larry L.
Schumaker.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
This collection is open for research.
Folders removed for restriction:
Promotions (re Comp Sci dept faculty at SU)
Papers re class petition of Bonnie E. Ammon 1991
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
John George Herriot Papers (SC0745). Department of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
John G. Herriot earned his B.S. in mathematics and physics at the University of Manitoba
in 1937 and his Ph.D. in mathematics at Brown University in 1941. He first taught at
Stanford from 1942-1944, leaving to do research in the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory at
Moffett Field. He returned to Stanford in 1946 as assistant professor of mathematics,
becoming full professor in 1956; he retired from teaching in 1982. He served as the
first directory of the Stanford Computation Center, 1953-61, taught the first
programming course at Stanford in 1955, and helped found the computer science department
at Stanford in 1965. He died in 2003.
These papers document his career as a mathematician and include his notes taken while a
student at Brown University, 1937-41, and his master's and doctoral theses, 1940-41;
research files (notes, computations, articles, computer printouts, some correspondence,
and other materials) on Fourier series, Schlicht functions, spline theory, and other
topics, 1940-83; memos, minutes, correspondence, and other records pertaining to
Stanford's Dept. of Computer Sciences and the Stanford Computation Center, 1946-92;
correspondence, notes, and reports pertaining to his Fulbright year, 1962-63; and
bibliographic and biographical materials. Other persons represented in the papers
include Carl De Boor, C. H. Reinsch, and Larry L. Schumaker.
De Boor, Carl.
Herriot, John George, 1916-
Reinsch, C. H.
Schumaker, Larry L., 1939-
Stanford University--Faculty.
Stanford University. Computer Science Dept.
Stanford University. Dept. of Mathematics
Fourier integral operators.
Mathematical analysis.
Mathematics --Study and teaching (Higher).
Numerical analysis.
Spline theory.
Univalent functions.