About William Henry Roever
Lived 1874 – 1951 (aged 76). William Henry Roever was a mathematician.
William Henry Roever (16 May 1874, St. Louis – 31 January 1951, St. Louis) was an American mathematician.
Roever received in 1897 a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from McKelvey School of Engineering. He received an A.M. in 1904 and a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1906 from Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences with advisor Maxime Bôcher and thesis Brilliant points. Roever taught astronomy from 1899 to 1901 at Washington University in St. Louis and mathematics from 1905 to 1908 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He then returned to Washington University in St. Louis to teach mathematics and later became the chair of the department of mathematics.
He was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 1924 in Toronto.
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American mathematician (1874-1951)
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William Henry Roever was born on 16 May 1874.
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William Henry Roever died on 31 January 1951.
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William Henry Roever was a mathematician.
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