John Robert Kline Scientist

John Robert Kline (1891–1955) was a US-American 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. His doctoral students include Lida Barrett, Arthur Milgram, Athanasios Papoulis, Dudley Weldon Woodard, and Leo Zippin.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 01, 1891
Birth place	Quakertown Pennsylvania
Nationality	United States
Date of death	January 01, 1955
Education	University of Pennsylvania
Known for	Kline sphere characterization