Dunham Jackson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dunham Jackson

American mathematician

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1888

Place of Birth: Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 06-Nov-1946

Profession: mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Dunham Jackson (July 24, 1888 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts – November 6, 1946) was a mathematician who worked within approximation theory, notably with trigonometrical and orthogonal polynomials.
He is known for Jackson's inequality.
He was awarded the Chauvenet Prize in 1935.
His book Fourier Series and Orthogonal Polynomials (dated 1941) was reprinted in 2004.