William Elwood Byerly

William Elwood Byerly
Born1849 Edit this on Wikidata
Died1935 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 85–86)

William Elwood Byerly (13 December 1849 – 20 December 1935) was an American mathematician. He was the Perkins Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University. He was noted for his excellent teaching and textbooks.[1] Byerly was the first to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard, and Harvard's chair "William Elwood Byerly Professor in Mathematics" is named after him. Byerly Hall in Radcliffe Yard, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University is also named for him.

  1. ^ National Academy of Sciences (2002). Biographical Memoirs. National Academies Press. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-309-08476-5.