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H. B. Phillips

1881 – 1973

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Lived 1881 – 1973 (aged 91–92). H. B. Phillips was a mathematician and university teacher.

Henry Bayard Phillips (September 27, 1881 – 1973), often cited as H. B. Phillips, was an American mathematician.

Career Phillips studied at Erskine College, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1900, and earned his PhD in 1905 from Johns Hopkins University under Frank Morley with the dissertation Some Invariants and Covariants of Ternary Collineations. From 1905 to 1907 he was an instructor at the University of Cincinnati, then joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an instructor, where he was promoted to professor in 1915. He served as head of the mathematics department from 1934 to 1947 and became emeritus in 1947.

In 1929 he married Charlotte T. Perry.

Selected works Papers

Books Analytic Geometry. Wiley, 1915. Differential Calculus. Wiley, 1916. Differential Equations. Wiley, 1916 ( revised edition 1922). Integral Calculus. Wiley, 1917. Vector Analysis. Wiley, 1933 (revised edition 1947). Analytic Geometry and Calculus. Addison-Wesley, 1942.

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Important facts

Birth century
Died
1973, Lincoln
Education
Johns Hopkins University
Employers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Also known as
Henry Bayard Phillips

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Frequently asked questions

Who was H. B. Phillips?

mathematician

When was H. B. Phillips born?

H. B. Phillips was born on 27 September 1881 in Yadkin College.

When did H. B. Phillips die?

H. B. Phillips died in 1973 in Lincoln.

What was H. B. Phillips's occupation?

H. B. Phillips was a mathematician and university teacher.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: H. B. Phillips

· Wikidata: Q28056338

· DBpedia: Henry B. Phillips

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