Sumner Byron Myers | |
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Born | February 19, 1910 |
Died | October 8, 1955 | (aged 45)
Nationality | American |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Michigan |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Doctoral advisor | H. C. Marston Morse |
Doctoral students | Meyer Jerison Ralph Raimi Leonard J. Savage |
Known for | Myers theorem |
Sumner Byron Myers (February 19, 1910 – October 8, 1955) was an American mathematician specialized in topology. He studied at Harvard University under H. C. Marston Morse,[1] where he was graduated with a Ph.D. in 1932[2]. Myers then pursued postdoctoral studies at Princeton University (1934–1936)[3] before becoming a professor for mathematics at the University of Michigan, where an award for outstanding students of mathematics has been named in his honor.[4] He died unexpectedly from a heart attack during a football game.[5]