Robert Lee Moore

Robert Lee Moore
R. L. Moore in 1904
Born(1882-11-14)November 14, 1882
Dallas, Texas, US
DiedOctober 4, 1974(1974-10-04) (aged 91)
Austin, Texas, US
Alma materUniversity of Chicago (Ph.D., 1905)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas at Austin
ThesisSets of Metrical Hypotheses for Geometry (1905)
Doctoral advisorOswald Veblen
E. H. Moore
Doctoral students

Robert Lee Moore (November 14, 1882 – October 4, 1974) was an American mathematician who taught for many years at the University of Texas. He is known for his work in general topology, for the Moore method of teaching university mathematics, and for his racist treatment of African-American mathematics students.