Griffith Conrad Evans | |
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| Born | 11 May 1887 |
| Died | 8 December 1973 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Potential theory Functional analysis Integral equations |
| Institutions | Rice University University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | Maxime Bôcher |
| Doctoral students | John Gergen Alfred Horn Kenneth May Charles F. Roos |
Griffith Conrad Evans (11 May 1887 – 8 December 1973) was a mathematician working for much of his career at the University of California, Berkeley. He is largely credited with elevating Berkeley's mathematics department to a top-tier research department,[1] having recruited many notable mathematicians in the 1930s and 1940s.
- ^ Kirby, R (2008). "Mathematics at Berkeley: A History" (PDF). AMS Notices. 55 (10): 1237–1240.