John Robert Kline (December 7, 1891 – May 2, 1955)[1] was an American mathematician and educator.
John Robert Kline | |
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Born | December 7, 1891 Quakertown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | May 2, 1955 (aged 63) Quakertown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Known for | Kline sphere characterization |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
Doctoral advisor | R. L. Moore |
Doctoral students |
One of three children born to Henry K. Kline and Emma M. Kline, he was Professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania from 1920 to 1955. A Ph.D. student of Robert Lee Moore, he was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1925, later Chairman of the Department of Mathematics from 1933 to 1954, and Thomas A. Scott Professor of Mathematics from 1941 to 1955.[2]
His doctoral students include Lida Barrett, Arthur Milgram, Athanasios Papoulis, Dudley Weldon Woodard, Leo Zippin,[3] and William Waldron Schieffelin Claytor.[4]
Kline was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1941.[5]