Hassler Whitney was an American mathematician and one of the founders of singularity theory, who also did foundational work on manifolds, embeddings, immersions, characteristic classes and geometric integration theory. He earned his PhD in mathematics at Harvard University in 1932 and was a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton from 1952 until 1977, then professor emeritus. He chaired the Mathematics Panel of the National Science Foundation from 1953 to 1956 and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1947. He was also an accomplished violin and viola player.
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Hassler Whitney (March 23, 1907
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was an American mathematician. He was one of the founders of singularity theory
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He was the paternal nephew of Connecticut Governor
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was an American mathematician
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He was one of the founders of singularity theory
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Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University
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In 1947 he was elected member of the American Philosophical Society
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did foundational work in manifolds, embeddings, immersions, characteristic classes
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