Frank Morley | |
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| Born | September 9, 1860 Woodbridge, Suffolk, England |
| Died | October 17, 1937 (aged 77) Baltimore, Maryland |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Morley's trisector theorem |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Haverford College Johns Hopkins University |
| Doctoral students | Clara Latimer Bacon Harry Bateman Leonard Blumenthal Walter B. Carver Arthur Coble Teresa Cohen Aubrey E. Landry Francis Murnaghan Boyd Patterson Mabel M. Young |
Frank Morley (September 9, 1860 – October 17, 1937) was a leading mathematician, known mostly for his teaching and research in the fields of algebra and geometry. Among his mathematical accomplishments was the discovery and proof of the celebrated Morley's trisector theorem in elementary plane geometry.
He led 50 Ph.D. students, including Clara Latimer Bacon, to their degrees, and was said to be
- ... one of the more striking figures of the relatively small group of men who initiated that development which, within his own lifetime, brought Mathematics in America from a minor position to its present place in the sun.[1]
- ^ Coble, Arthur B. (1938). "Frank Morley—In memoriam". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 44 (3): 167–170. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1938-06692-x.