Thomas A. Scott Professorship of Mathematics explained

The Thomas A. Scott Professorship of Mathematics is an academic grant made to the University of Pennsylvania. It was established in 1881 by the railroad executive and financier Thomas Alexander Scott.

Recipients

• Ezra Otis Kendall, 1881–1899^[1]
• Edwin Schofield Crawley, 1899–1933^[1]
• George Hervey Hallett, 1933–1941^[2]
• John Robert Kline, 1941–1955^[2]
• Hans A. Rademacher, 1956–1962^[2]
• Eugenio Calabi, 1967–1993^[2]
• Shmuel Weinberger, 1994–1996^[2]
• Herbert S. Wilf, 1998–2006^[2]
• Charles Epstein, 2008–present^[2]

See also

• Thomas A. Scott Fellowship in Hygiene

External links

• University of Pennsylvania Mathematics Department page about the Professorship

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Faculty History: 1750–1899 . University of Pennsylvania Department of Mathematics . April 18, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080509080645/http://www.math.upenn.edu/History/faculty_1750-1899.html . May 9, 2008 . dead . mdy-all.
2. Web site: Thomas A. Scott Professorship in Mathematics . University of Pennsylvania Department of Mathematics . April 18, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080511195301/http://www.math.upenn.edu/History/thomas_a._scott_chair.html . May 11, 2008 . mdy-all.