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Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn FRS [1] (Forfar, Angus, Escócia, 2 de fevereiro de 1882 — Princeton, Estados Unidos, 9 de outubro de 1948) foi um matemático escocês, que lecionou na Universidade de Princeton na maior parte de sua carreira.
Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn FRSE FRS (2 February 1882 – 9 October 1948) was a Scottish mathematician, who taught at Princeton University for most of his career. A significant algebraist, he proved that a finite division algebra is a field, and part of the Artin–Wedderburn theorem on simple algebras.
Quick Info. Born. 2 February 1882. Forfar, Angus, Scotland. Died. 9 October 1948. Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Summary. Joseph Wedderburn worked for most of his life in Princeton. He made important advances in the theory of rings, algebras and matrix theory. View one larger picture. Biography.
RSE Obituary. Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn, Mathematician, Professor Emeritus of Princeton University, U.S.A., died at his home in Princeton on October 9, 1948, at the age of sixty-six. Professor Wedderburn, whose brother is our Treasurer, Sir Ernest Wedderburn, was born at Forfar on February 26, 1882, and educated in Edinburgh, where he ...
Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn was born at Forfar on 26th February 1882, the tenth in a family of fourteen. His father was Alexander Stormonth Maclagan Wedderburn, M.D. On the paternal side his ancestry had associations with the ministry of the Free Church, on the maternal side with the law. Thus his paternal grandfather, after
Joseph Wedderburn was the tenth of fourteen children of Alexander Wedderburn, a physician, and Anne Ogilvie. In 1898, he entered the University of Edinburgh. In 1903, he published his first three papers, worked as an assistant in the Physical Laboratory of the University, and obtained an M.A. degree with First Class Honours in mathematics.
Abstract. Joseph H. M. Wedderburn, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics of Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A., was found dead in his residence at Princeton on 9 October 1948. Professor Wedderburn who was a bachelor had, for many years, lived alone.
