Hassler Whitney

Hassler Whitney
Whitney in April 1973
Born(1907-03-23)March 23, 1907
New York City, U.S.
DiedMay 10, 1989(1989-05-10) (aged 82)
Alma materYale University (BA, BM)
Harvard University (PhD)
Known for
RelativesDwight family
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Institutions
ThesisThe Coloring of Graphs (1932)
Doctoral advisorGeorge David Birkhoff
Doctoral students

Hassler Whitney (March 23, 1907 – May 10, 1989) was an American mathematician. He was one of the founders of singularity theory, and did foundational work in manifolds, embeddings, immersions, characteristic classes, and geometric integration theory.