Angus Ellis Taylor
Encyclopedia
Angus Ellis Taylor 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 function
s. By 1944 he had risen to full professor at UCLA
, whose mathematics department he would later chair (1958–1964). Taylor was also an astute administrator and would eventually rise 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.), would be a standard for a generation of mathematics students.
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
and professor at various universities in the University of California system
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
. He earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
summa cum laude in 1933 and his PhD at Caltech
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
in 1936 under Aristotle Michal with a dissertation on analytic function
Analytic function
In mathematics, an analytic function is a function that is locally given by a convergent power series. There exist both real analytic functions and complex analytic functions, categories that are similar in some ways, but different in others...
s. By 1944 he had risen to full professor at UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
, whose mathematics department he would later chair (1958–1964). Taylor was also an astute administrator and would eventually rise through the UC system to become provost and then chancellor of UC Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university; one of ten campuses in the University of California...
. He authored a number of mathematical texts, one of which, Advanced Calculus (1955, Ginn and Co.), would be a standard for a generation of mathematics students.
Books
- Calculus with Analytic Geometry by Angus E. Taylor Vol. 1 ISBN 0-923891-24-2
- Calculus with Analytic Geometry by Angus E. Taylor Vol. 2 ISBN 0-923891-25-0
- Advanced Calculus by Angus E. Taylor ASIN B000UG784KAmazon Standard Identification NumberThe Amazon Standard Identification Number is a unique identification number assigned by Amazon.com and its partners for product identification within the Amazon.com organization. Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.it, Amazon.co.jp, Amazon.cn, and Amazon.es also use ASINs.ASINs...
External links
- obituary in the San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco Chroniclethumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...