Norman Herbert Anning was a mathematician, assistant Professor, Professor Emeritus, and instructor in mathematics, recognized and acclaimed in mathematics for publishing a proof of the characterization of the infinite sets of points in the plane with mutually integer distances, known as the Erdős–Anning theorem.
Career
Anning was originally from Holland Township (currently Chatsworth), Grey County, Ontario, Canada. Anning served in the faculty of the University of Michigan since 1920, until he retired on 1953. From 1909 to 1910, he held a teaching position in the department of Mathematics and Science at Chilliwack High School, British Columbia.
He was the co-author of Integral Distances, a scholarly paper also known as the Erdős–Anning theorem, that was named after both mathematicians.
Professor Anning retired from the faculty on August 28, 1953. He died on Sunnydale, California on May 1, 1963.
Membership
He was a member of the Mathematical Association of America to which he contributed for many years. Besides being a member of the Mathematical Association of America, Anning was appointed as chairperson at the University of Michigan from 1951 to 1952, and treasurer secretary from 1925 to 1926 at the same institution.
