Marshall Hall (mathematician)

Marshall Hall Jr.
Marshall Hall Jr.
Born	(1910-09-17)17 September 1910 St Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died	4 July 1990(1990-07-04) (aged 79) London, England
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Cambridge University Yale University
Known for	Group theory Combinatorics Hall's conjecture Hall multiplier Hall plane Hall-Janko group Planar ternary ring
Scientific career
Fields	Abstract algebra
Institutions	Yale University Ohio State University California Institute of Technology Emory University
Thesis	An isomorphism between linear recurring sequences and algebraic rings  (1936)
Doctoral advisor	Øystein Ore
Doctoral students	Robert Calderbank Donald Knuth Robert McEliece E. T. Parker

Marshall Hall Jr. (17 September 1910 – 4 July 1990) was an American mathematician who made significant contributions to group theory and combinatorics.^[1]