Sumner Byron Myers
(1910-1955)
American mathematician
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Sumner Byron Myers (February 19, 1910 – October 8, 1955) was an American mathematician specializing in topology. He studied at Harvard University under H. C. Marston Morse, where he was graduated with a Ph.D. in 1932. Myers then pursued postdoctoral studies at Princeton University (1934–1936) before becoming a professor for mathematics at the University of Michigan, where an award for outstanding students of mathematics has been named in his honor. He died unexpectedly from a heart attack during the 1955 Michigan–Army football game at Michigan Stadium.
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19 February 1910 Boston
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8 October 1955 (aged 45) Ann Arbor, Michigan
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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