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James Waddell Alexander II

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American mathematician (1888-1971)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1888 to 1971 · aged 83
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James Waddell Alexander II was a mathematician of the pre-World War II era. He was part of an influential school of topology at Princeton University, along with Oswald Veblen, Solomon Lefschetz, and others.

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1928Bôcher Memorial Prize

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James Waddell Alexander II was a mathematician of the pre-World War II era. He was part of an influential school of topology at Princeton University, along with Oswald Veblen, Solomon Lefschetz, and others. He was a professor at Princeton (1920-1951) and one of the first members of the Institute for Advanced Study (1933-1951).

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Lived 1888 to 1971 · aged 83
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