Massey, William S.

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Name (Latin)
Massey, William S.
Other forms of name
Massey, W. S. (William S.)
Date of birth
1920-08-23
Date of death
2017-06-17
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 49286970
Wikidata: Q8017979
Library of congress: n 79117882
HAI10: 000189478
Sources of Information
  • Algebraic topology, c1967:t.p. (William S. Massey) t.p. verso (Dr.; Yale Univ., Dept. of Math., New Haven, Conn.) cover (W.S. Massey) back cover (Professor; b. 1920 in Ill.; B.A., Univ. of Chicago; Ph. D., Princeton Univ.; taught for 10 yrs. at Brown Univ.; moved to Yale in 1960)
  • LC files(Yale Univ.; b. 8/23/1920)

Wikipedia description:

William Schumacher Massey (August 23, 1920 – June 17, 2017) was an American mathematician, known for his work in algebraic topology. The Massey product is named for him. He worked also on the formulation of spectral sequences by means of exact couples, and wrote several textbooks, including A Basic Course in Algebraic Topology (ISBN 0-387-97430-X).

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