biography
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Smith, David Eugene
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| male
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| lived:
| (1860–1944)
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| biography:
| Mathematician, born in Cortland, New York, USA. An early career in law (1881–4) was abandoned for mathematics. Teaching longest at Columbia University (1901–26), he was librarian of the American Mathematical Society (1902–20), editor of several mathematical journals and encyclopedias, author of over 40 mathematics texts, and an extensive traveller and book collector. |
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