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James W. Alexander
Past Faculty
School of Mathematics
Affiliation
Mathematics
James Alexander, a Princeton native who was one of the original Professors at the Institute, was a pioneer of algebraic topology.
Dates at IAS
Faculty
School of Mathematics
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Degrees
Princeton University
Ph.D.
1915
Honors
1947
Honorary Doctorate of Science, Princeton University
1936
Rouse Ball Lectures, Cambridge University
1928
Bôcher Prize