Dirk Jan Struik

Dirk Jan Struik
Dirk Jan Struik
Born(1894-09-30)September 30, 1894
DiedOctober 21, 2000(2000-10-21) (aged 106)
Nationality United States
Alma materUniversity of Leiden
Known forA concise history of mathematics; A source book in mathematics 1200–1800
AwardsKenneth O. May Prize (1989)
Scientific career
FieldsMultidimensional geometry, history of mathematics
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Delft University of Technology
Doctoral advisorW. van der Woude
Jan Schouten
Doctoral studentsJoseph Dauben
Judith Grabiner
Eric Reissner
Domina Eberle Spencer

Dirk Jan Struik (September 30, 1894 – October 21, 2000) was a Dutch-born American (since 1934) mathematician, historian of mathematics and Marxian theoretician who spent most of his life in the U.S.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (October 26, 2000). "Dirk J. Struik; Historian Was 106". The New York Times. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  2. ^ Davis, Chandler; Tattersall, Jim; Richards, Joan; Banchoff, Tom (June–July 2001). "Dirk Jan Struik (1894-2000)" (PDF). Notices of the AMS. 48 (6): 584–589. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  3. ^ Rowe, David E. (September 2002). "Dirk Jan Struik, 1894–2000". Isis. 93 (3): 456–459. doi:10.1086/374064. S2CID 143979122.

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