Claiborne Green Latimer (1893–1960) was an American mathematician, known for the Latimer–MacDuffee theorem.

Career

Latimer earned his PhD in 1924 from the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

under Leonard Dickson with thesis ''Arithmetic of Generalized Quaternion Algebras''. He was an assistant professor at

Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into a comprehensive pu ...

for 2 years, before becoming a mathematics professor at the

University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's ...

in 1927. After 20 years at the University of Kentucky, he resigned in 1947 and became a professor at

Emory University Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of h ...

. Latimer was an amateur photographer; some of his photographs are preserved in the archives of the University of Kentucky and Emory University.Edward Fisk from edwardfisk.com
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1893 births 1960 deaths 20th-century American mathematicians Emory University faculty University of Chicago alumni University of Kentucky faculty Mathematicians from Kentucky {{US-mathematician-stub