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Title: Halsey L. Royden, "The History of the Stanford Mathematics Department"
Identifier/Call Number: SCM0269
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 folder(s)
Date: 1988
Summary: Covers the early years (1891-1924), the Blichfeldt era (1925-1938), the Szego period (1938-1949), and the 1950s-60s. Includes
brief accounts of the formation of the Dept. of Statistics and the Dept. of Computer Science.
creator:
Fitting, Ralph U.
creator:
Royden, H. L.
creator:
Royden, H. L.
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Halsey L. Royden, "The History of the Stanford mathematics Department" (SCM0269). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Halsey L. Royden earned his B.S. in 1948 and his M.S. in 1949 at Stanford University and his Ph.D. at Harvard in 1951, after
which he returned to Stanford to join the faculty in the department of mathematics.
Covers the early years (1891-1924), the Blichfeldt era (1925-1938), the Szego period (1938-1949), and the 1950s-60s. Includes
brief accounts of the formation of the Dept. of Statistics and the Dept. of Computer Science.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Royden, H. L.
Stanford University--History.
Stanford University. Computer Science Dept.
Stanford University. Dept. of Mathematics
Stanford University. Dept. of Statistics.
Stanford University. -- General subdivision--History.;
College students--California.