Robert Lee Moore
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Robert Lee Moore (November 14, 1882 – October 4, 1974) was an American mathematician who taught for many years at the University of Texas. He is known for his work in general topology, for the Moore method of teaching university mathematics, and for his racist treatment of African-American mathematics students.
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Robert Lee Moore | |
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Born | (1882-11-14)November 14, 1882 Dallas, Texas, US |
Died | October 4, 1974(1974-10-04) (aged 91) Austin, Texas, US |
Alma mater | University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1905) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Texas at Austin |
Thesis | Sets of Metrical Hypotheses for Geometry (1905) |
Doctoral advisor | Oswald Veblen E. H. Moore |
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