Thomas Scott Fiske (1865–January 10, 1944) was an American mathematician. He was born in

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and graduated in 1885 ( Ph.D., 1888) from

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, where he was a fellow, assistant, tutor, instructor, and adjunct professor until 1897, when he became

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of mathematics. In 1899 he was acting dean of

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. He was president in 1902–04 of the

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, and he also edited the ''Bulletin'' (1891–99) and ''Transactions'' (1899–1905) of this society. In 1902 he became secretary of the College Entrance Examination Board. In 1905–06 he also served as president of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics of the Middle States and Maryland. Besides his mathematical papers, he was author of ''Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable'' (1906; fourth edition, 1907)

Writings

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Functions of a complex variable
' (New York: J. Wiley, 1907)

References

External links

Thomas Fiske Collection
at the

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at the

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