Background
Feller, William was born on July 7, 1906 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Son of Eugene V. and Ida (Perc) Feller.
Feller, William was born on July 7, 1906 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Son of Eugene V. and Ida (Perc) Feller.
Master of Science, Zagreb University, 1925. Doctor of Philosophy, Gottingen University, 1926.
Came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1944. In charge of applied mathematics laboratory, University of Kiel, 1929-1933. Research associate, University of Stockholm, 1933-1939.
Associate professor and executive editor, Mathematics Reviews, Brown University, 1939-1945.
Professor Cornell University, 1945-1950. Eugene Higgins professor of mathematics, Princeton University, from 1950.
Consulting and war work. Visiting professor at Rockefeller University.
Member of National Academy Sciences
Married Clara Mary Nielsen, July 27, 1938.