Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1880, June 24 | Born, Decorah, Iowa |
| 1898 | A.B., University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa |
| 1900 | A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1903 | Ph.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1903-1905 | Associate in mathematics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1904 | Published A System of Axioms for Geometry . . . Lancaster, Pa.: Press of the New Era Printing Co. |
| 1905-1910 | Preceptor in mathematics, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. |
| 1907 | Published with N. J. Lennes Introduction to Infinitesimal Analysis. New York: J. Wiley & Sons |
| 1908 | Married Elizabeth M. D. Richardson |
| 1910-1918 | Published with John Wesley Young Projective Geometry (2 vols.). Boston: Ginn & Co. |
| 1910-1932 | Professor of mathematics, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. |
| 1917-1919 | Officer, United States Army |
| 1922 | Published Analysis Situs. New York: American Mathematical Society |
| 1923-1924 | President, American Mathematical Society |
| 1923-1924 | Chairman of the physical sciences, National Research Council |
| 1927 | Published Invariants of Quadratic Differential Forms. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press |
| 1932 | Published with J. H. C. Whitehead The Foundations of Differential Geometry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press |
| 1932-1960 | Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J. (professor emeritus, 1950-1960) |
| 1941-1945 | Section head, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Md. |
| 1950 | President, International Congress of Mathematicians |
| 1960, Aug. 10 | Died, Princeton, N.J. |