Background
Lane, Ernest Preston was born on November 28, 1886 in Russellville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Garrett Murph and Mary Miriam (Haun) Lane.
Lane, Ernest Preston was born on November 28, 1886 in Russellville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Garrett Murph and Mary Miriam (Haun) Lane.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Tennessee, 1909. Master of Arts, University of Virginia, 1913. Fellow in mathematics, University of Chicago, 1917-1918, Doctor of Philosophy, 1918, Guggenheim research fellow, university of Rome, Bologna, Turin, 1926-1927.
Professor mathematics, Milligan College (Tennessee), 1909-1911, State Normal School for Women, Radford, Virginia, 1913-1914. Instructor in mathematics and physics, University of Tennessee, 1914-1916. Instructor in mathematics, Rice Institute, Houston, Texas, 1918-1919.
Assistant professor mathematics, University of Wisconsin, 1919-1923.
Assistant professor mathematics, University of Chicago, 1923-1927, associate professor, 1927-1928, professor, 1928-1952, professor emeritus since 1952, department chairman, 1941-1946.
Member American Mathematics Society (vice president 1930-1931), Mathematics Association American (v.p 1934), Sigma Xi,Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Raven Society University of Virginia.
Married Annie Laura Godbey, June 11, 1914.