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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
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
This collection is open for research.
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. Computer Science Department.
Stanford University. Department of Mathematics.
Fourier integral operators.
Mathematical analysis.
Mathematics --Study and teaching (Higher).
Numerical analysis.
Spline theory.
Univalent functions.