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Leonard Eugene Dickson
American mathematician (1874-1954) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 79
Leonard Eugene Dickson was an American mathematician. He was one of the first American researchers in abstract algebra, in particular the theory of finite fields and classical groups, and is also remembered for a three-volume history of number theory, History of the Theory of Numbers.
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The L. E. Dickson instructorships at the University of Chicago Department of Mathematics are named after him.
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Academics
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Lived 1874 to 1954 · aged 79
