Hassler Whitney Scientist

Hassler Whitney (23 March 1907 – 10 May 1989) was an American mathematician. He was one of the founders of singularity theory, and did foundational work in manifolds, embeddings, immersions, and characteristic classes, as well as in geometric integration theory.

Personal facts

Birth date	March 23, 1907
Birth place	New York City , United States
Date of death	May 10, 1989
Place of death	Switzerland , Dents Blanches
Education	Yale University
Known for	Differential topology Algebraic topology Singularity theory Geometric measure theory

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Scientist

awards	National Medal of Science Wolf Prize Leroy P. Steele Prize
doctoral advisor	George David Birkhoff
doctoral student	Paul Olum James Eells Herbert Robbins Wilfred Kaplan
Field of study	Mathematics