Eric Temple Bell

Eric Temple Bell
1931 drawing of Eric Temple Bell
Born(1883-02-07)7 February 1883
Peterhead, Scotland
Died21 December 1960(1960-12-21) (aged 77)
NationalityScottish
EducationStanford University
University of Washington
Columbia University (Ph.D.)
Known forNumber theory
Bell series
Bell polynomials
Bell numbers
Bell triangle
Ordered Bell numbers
AwardsBôcher Memorial Prize (1924)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Washington
California Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisorFrank Nelson Cole
Cassius Keyser
Doctoral studentsMorgan Ward
Zhou Peiyuan

Eric Temple Bell (7 February 1883 – 21 December 1960) was a Scottish-born mathematician and science fiction writer who lived in the United States for most of his life. He published non-fiction using his given name and fiction as John Taine.[1]

  1. ^ "Bell, Eric Temple, (7 Feb. 1883–21 Dec. 1960), Professor of Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, since 1926". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U234623. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.