Background
Adams, Clarence Raymond was born on April 10, 1898 in Cranston, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Clarence Warren and Leola Sarah (Ranney) Adams.
mathematician university professor
Adams, Clarence Raymond was born on April 10, 1898 in Cranston, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Clarence Warren and Leola Sarah (Ranney) Adams.
He entered Brown University in the fall of 1915 and graduated in 1918. Adams received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1922 from Harvard University under the direction of G. Doctorate. Birkhoff. On August 17, 1922, he married Rachel Blodgett, who earned a Doctor of Philosophy from Radcliffe College in 1921.
As a Sheldon Traveling Fellow of Harvard University, he studied at the Sapienza University of Rome under Tullio Levi-Civita and at the University of Göttingen under Richard Courant.
In 1923 Adams returned to Brown University as an instructor, then became a full professor in 1936 and eventually chair of the mathematics department from 1942 to 1960. In 1965 he retired and died on October 15 of that same year.
The two greatest commandments are to "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with your entire mind" and to "love your neighbor as yourself."
Served in SATC, Brown University, 1918. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Mathematics Society (vice president 1939-1940), Mathematics Association American (Board of Governors 1948-1950), American Association University Professors council (1942-1944), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Institution Great Britain, Rhode Island History Society, Society of Colonial Wars, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Tau Omega.
Clubs: Providence Artist
Married Rachel Blodgett, August 17, 1922.