Fred Boyer Wright

Quick Info

Born

14 December 1925
Roanoke, Virginia, USA

Died

28 April 2006
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

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Summary

Fred Boyer Wright was an African American mathematician whose Ph.D. was supervised by Irving Kaplansky. After working at the Institute for Air Weapons Research for the Navy he was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Tulane University.

Biography

For a biography of Fred Boyer Wright, see THIS LINK.

Additional Resources (show)

Other websites about Fred Wright:

1. Mathematical Genealogy Project
2. MathSciNet Author profile
3. zbMATH entry

Written by J J O'Connor and E F Robertson
Last Update July 2022