Roth

Leonard Roth

Born: 29 Aug 1904 in Edmonton, London, England
Died: 28 Nov 1968 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Previous (Chronologically) Next     Biographies Index

Previous ( Alphabetically) Next          Welcome page
Roth graduated from Cambridge in 1926 then undertook research under H F Baker. He spent a year in Rome (1930-31) learning from Castelnuovo, Enriques, Levi-Cività and Severi. He was greatly influenced by the work of these mathematicians and his future research directions were very much laid down at this time.

Roth was appointed to Imperial College London in 1931 where he remained until 1965 when he went to Pittsburg, first as a visiting professor, then as Andrew Mellon Professor of Mathematics. Almost all his work was on geometry where he extended work begun in the Italian school.

References:

  1. 1. B Segre, Leonard Roth, Bull. London Math. Soc. 8 (1976), 194-202.
Previous (Chronologically) Next     Biographies Index

Previous ( Alphabetically) Next          Welcome page

History Topics Index              Famous curves index

Chronologies                           Birthplace Map

Mathematicians of the day  Anniversaries for the year

Search Form   Simple Search Form   Search Suggestions
JOC/EFR February 1996