Edgar H. Brown Explained

Edgar H. Brown, Jr.
Birth Date:27 December 1926
Birth Place:Oak Park, Illinois
Death Place:Newton Highlands, Massachusetts
Nationality:American
Field:Mathematics
Alma Mater:Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis Title:Finite Computability of the Homotopy Groups of Finite Groups
Thesis Year:1954
Doctoral Advisor:George W. Whitehead
Doctoral Students:Ralph Cohen
Douglas Ravenel
Terence Gaffney
Work Institution:Brandeis University
Known For:Brown's representability theorem
Brown–Peterson cohomology
Brown–Gitler spectrum
Awards:Guggenheim Fellowship

Edgar Henry Brown, Jr. (December 27, 1926 – December 22, 2021)[1] was an American mathematician specializing in algebraic topology, and for many years a professor at Brandeis University.[2]

Life

Brown was born in Oak Park, Illinois. He completed his bachelor's degree in mathematics at the University of Wisconsin in 1949. He completed his master's degree in mathematics at Washington State University in 1951.

Career

He completed his Ph.D. in mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1954. His doctoral supervisor was George W. Whitehead, and his doctoral dissertation was on Finite Computability of the Homotopy Groups of Finite Groups.

In 1962–63 he visited the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey,[3] and in 1964 he received the Guggenheim Fellowship.[4] He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1974[5] and a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2012.

Contributions to mathematics

He made numerous contributions to mathematics including:

His publications include:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edgar H. Brown. Jr.. Brandeis University. January 21, 2021.
  2. Web site: BROWN, Edgar H. Jr. . Boston Globe . 13 January 2022.
  3. Web site: Past member: Edgar H. Brown. 9 December 2019 . Institute for Advanced Study. January 21, 2021.
  4. Web site: Edgar H, Brown, Guggenheim Fellow.
  5. 3786119. List of Members by Classes September 1, 1997. Records of the Academy (American Academy of Arts and Sciences). 1996. 1996/1997. 56–128.