Francis Begnaud Hildebrand

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Washington & Jefferson College.

Career

He was a Professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) from 1940 until 1984. Hildebrand was known for his many influential textbooks in mathematics and numerical analysis. Hildebrand received his bachelor"s degree in 1936 and a Master"s degree in 1938 from Washington & Jefferson College, both in mathematics.

He then received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1940 under the supervision of Prescott Durand Crout.

He also received an honorary doctorate from Washington and Jefferson College in 1969. At Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he taught 18.075 and 18.076, the classes on advanced calculus for engineering students.

The big green textbook from these classes (originally Advanced Calculus for Engineers, later Advanced Calculus for Applications) was a fixture in engineers" offices for decades.

Works

• book

  • Methods of applied mathematics (Prentice-Hall mathematics series)

    (The principal aim of this volume is to place at the dispo...)

Connections

Father:

Frank Alonzo Hildebrand

Mother:

Inez (Patin) Hildebrand

Spouse:

Eleanor Maclaren Jenkins