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William Edmund Milne, circa 1950

Date
  • 1950 circa
Description
  • Born in Pendleton, Oregon, Milne earned an A.B. degree in Mathematics from Whitman College in 1912 and A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University in 1913 and 1915. He served on the faculty of Bowdoin College from 1915 until 1918 and then spent one year working with a group of mathematicians at Aberdeen Proving Ground. In 1919, he returned to Oregon as a faculty member in mathematics at the University of Oregon. In 1932, he became head of the Mathematics Department at Oregon State College, a position he held until his retirement in 1955. Milne was a pioneer in numerical analysis and computer mathematics and was known around the world for the "Milne method" of solving differential equations and for his three textbooks and many technical papers. He continued his research after retirement and was awarded the OSU Distinguished Service Award posthumously in June 1971. The Milne Computer Center was dedicated in his name in April 1972.
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Identifier
  • HC0289
Local Collection Name
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Submission Date
  • 08/12/2015
Modified
  • 12/02/2022
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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Milne, William Edmund, 1890-1971 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86866472
2 Mathematics http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082139
3 Universities and colleges--Faculty http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85141120
4 photographic print http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300127104
5 photographs http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300046300
6 portrait http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015637
7 In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
8 Harriet's Photograph Collection, 1868-1996 (P HC) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/p_hc
9 Image http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
10 Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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