Background
Coolidge was born on September 28, 1873, in Brookline, Massachusetts, the son of John Randolph Coolidge, a lawyer, and his wife, the former Julia Gardner.
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Coolidge received the Bachelor of Arts degree at Harvard in 1895.
Oxford OX1 2JD, UK
Coolidge received the Bachelor of Science at Oxford in 1897.
Regina-Pacis-Weg 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany
From 1902 to 1904 he studied at Bonn University, receiving the Ph.D.
Legion of Honour
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The book treats such topics as the topological properties of curves, the Riemann-Roch theorem, and all aspects of a wide variety of curves including real, covariant, polar, containing series of a given sort, elliptic, hyperelliptic, polygonal, reducible, rational, the pencil, two-parameter nets, the Laguerre net, and nonlinear systems of curves.
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This unique history surveys the mathematical contributions of numerous individuals noted mainly for their groundbreaking activities in other fields.
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Coolidge was born on September 28, 1873, in Brookline, Massachusetts, the son of John Randolph Coolidge, a lawyer, and his wife, the former Julia Gardner.
Coolidge received the Bachelor of Arts degree at Harvard in 1895 and the Bachelor of Science at Oxford in 1897. From 1902 to 1904 he studied abroad, where his work with Corrado Segre at Turin and Eduard study at Bonn decisively influenced his scientific career. In 1904 he received the Ph.D. at Bonn with a thesis entitled Die dual-projektive Geometire im elliptischen and sphärischen Raume.
From 1897 to 1899 Coolidge taught at the Groton School then became and instructor at Harvard and in 1902 joined its faculty. He became assistant professor in 1908 and full professor in 1918. During 1918-1919 he was a Cliaison officer to the French general staff, and in 1919 he organized courses at the Sorbonne for American servicemen. He returned to the Sorbonne in 1927 as exchange professor. From 1929 until his retirement in 1940 he was master of Lowell House at Harvard.
During World War I, he served with the U.S. Army's Overseas Expeditionary Force in France, rising to the rank of major. At the end of the war, the government of France awarded him the Legion of Honor.
Coolidge’s mathematical career can be followed through his books (all, except his thesis, published by the Clarendon Press, Oxford). Four are in the tradition of the Study-Segre school, with many original contributions: The Elements of Non-Euclidean Geometry (1909), A Treatise of the circle and the Sphere (1916). The Geometry of the Complex Domain (1924), and A Treatise on Algebraic Plane Curves (1931). In a class by itself is Introduction to Mathematical Probability (1925), one of the first modern English texts on this subject.
The last three books, A History of Geometrical Methods (1940), A History of the Conic Sections and Quadric Surfaces (1943), and The Mathematics of Great Amateurs (1949), reflect the interest that Coolidge, in his later years, showed in the history of mathematics.
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Coolidge was an enthusiastic teacher with a flair for witty remarks. He was also a distinguished amateur astronomer.
Coolidge married Theresa Reynolds; they had two sons and five daughters.