Griffith C. Evans

Griffith Conrad Evans
Born11 May 1887 (1887-05-11)
Died8 December 1973 (1973-12-09) (aged 86)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
Scientific career
FieldsPotential theory
Functional analysis
Integral equations
InstitutionsRice University
University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisorMaxime Bôcher
Doctoral studentsJohn 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.

  1. ^ Kirby, R (2008). "Mathematics at Berkeley: A History" (PDF). AMS Notices. 55 (10): 1237–1240.