Herbert Turnbull

Herbert Turnbull
Born Herbert Westren Turnbull
31 August 1885
Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Died 4 May 1961 (aged 75)
Nationality British
Institutions University of St Andrews
Doctoral students Walter Ledermann[1]
Notable awards Smith's Prize (1909)
Fellow of the Royal Society[2]

Herbert Westren Turnbull (31 August 1885 – 4 May 1961) was an English mathematician.[1][2][3] From 1921 to 1950 he was Regius Professor of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Herbert Turnbull at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Aitken, A. C. (1962). "Herbert Westren Turnbull 1885-1961". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 8: 149. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1962.0011. JSTOR 769468.
  3. ↑ "Herbert Westren Turnbull". Britannica.com. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  4. ↑ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Herbert Westren Turnbull", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.