Angus Ellis Taylor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Angus Ellis Taylor

American mathematician

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1911

Place of Birth: Craig, Colorado, United States

Date of Death: 06-Apr-1999

Profession: mathematician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Angus Ellis Taylor

  • Angus Ellis Taylor (October 13, 1911 – April 6, 1999) was a mathematician and professor at various universities in the University of California system.
  • He earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard summa cum laude in 1933 and his PhD at Caltech in 1936 under Aristotle Michal with a dissertation on analytic functions.
  • By 1944 he had risen to full professor at UCLA, whose mathematics department he later chaired (1958–1964).
  • Taylor was also an astute administrator and eventually rose through the UC system to become provost and then chancellor of UC Santa Cruz.
  • He authored a number of mathematical texts, one of which, Advanced Calculus (1955, Ginn and Co.), became a standard for a generation of mathematics students.

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