Charles B. Morrey, Jr. is remembered in mathematics for work the next generation could build on.
The record lists Charles B. Morrey, Jr. as American mathematician (1907–1984).
Charles B. Morrey, Jr. was born at Columbus in 1907. His recorded nationality is United States. He studied at Harvard University and Ohio State University.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the foundations of mathematics were under open attack, and set theory and logic became urgent questions.
His academic posts were held at University of California, Berkeley.
The recorded fields of work are mathematical analysis and partial differential equation.
Mathematics accumulates without discarding: a proof from two thousand years ago is still a proof.
That the work was done from United States matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Charles B. Morrey, Jr. died in 1984, aged 77. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of California, Berkeley
- Fields: mathematical analysis and partial differential equation
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