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Archival as SubjectPublished as SubjectMarston Morse
Dates
March 24, 1892 – June 22, 1977
Authorized Form of Name
Morse, Marston, 1892-1977
Additional Forms of Names
Morse, Harold Calvin Marston, 1892-1977
Biography
Abstract
H. Marston Morse was Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study(1975-1977). Other institution affiliations included Harvard University, Brown University, and Cornell University. His research interests included critical point theory, analysis and differential geometry, variational theory, and differential topology.
Important Dates
March 24, 1892Birth, Waterville (Me.).
1914Obtained AB, Colby College, Waterville (Me.).
1915Obtained AM, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1917Obtained PhD in Mathematics, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1917 – 1919Member, United States Army.
1919 – 1920Benjamin Pierce Instructor in Mathematics, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1920 – 1925Instructor to Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1925 – 1926Associate Professor, Brown University.
1926 – 1935Assistant Professor (1926-1928); Associate Professor (1928-1929); and Professor (1929-1935), Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1932Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1933 – 1935Vice President, American Mathematical Society.
1935 – 1977Professor of Mathematics (1935-1975) and Emeritus Professor of Mathematics (1975-1977), Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (N.J.).
1940 – 1942President, American Mathematical Society.
1950 – 1952Chair, Mathematics Division, National Research Council.
1950 – 1954Member, National Science Board.
1958 – 1962Vice President, International Mathematical Union.
1959 – 1963Chair, United States National Commission on Mathematics.
June 22, 1977Death, Princeton (N.J.).
Occupation
Mathematician.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Jefferys, Louise
Second Wife. Married in 1940.
Marston, Phoebe Ella
Mother.
Morse, Howard Calvin
Father.
Phelps, Celeste
First Wife. Married in 1922; Divorced.
Advisors & Collaborators
Birkhoff, George David, 1884-1944
PhD advisor at Harvard University, "Certain types of geodesic motion on a surface of negative curvature."
Colleagues
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Bargmann, V. (Valentine), 1908-1989
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Cooper, Leon N. (Leon Neil), 1930-
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman), 1923-2004
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Kraichnan, Robert H., 1928-2008
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Low, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1921-2007
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Additional
Goldstine, Herman H. (Herman Heine), 1913-2004
Wintner, Aurel
Institutions
Major Positions
Brown University. Department of Applied Mathematics
Associate Professor.
Cornell University. Department of Mathematics
Instructor to Assistant Professor.
Harvard University. Department of Mathematics
Obtained AM (1915) and PhD (1917). Benjamin Pierce Instructor in Mathematics; Assistant Professor; Associate Professor; and Professor.
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
Professor of Mathematics and Emeritus Professor of Mathematics.
United States. Army
Member.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Mathematical Society
Vice President and President.
Colby College
Obtained AB (1914).
International Mathematical Union
Vice President.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
National Research Council (U.S.)
Chair, Mathematics Division.
National Science Board (U.S.)
Member.
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Aurel Wintner papers, 1848-1961.
Special Collections. Milton S. Eisenhower Library.
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Oral history interview with Herman Heine Goldstine, 1977 March 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Subject
"H. Marston Morse: 1892-1977", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences