Leonard Eugene Dickson was an American mathematician. He was one of the first American researchers in abstract algebra, in particular the theory of finite fields and classical groups, and is also remembered for a three-volume history of number... Wikipedia
Born: January 22, 1874, Independence, IA
Died: January 17, 1954 (age 79 years), Harlingen, TX
Education: The University of Chicago (1896) and The University of Texas at Austin (1894)
Fields: Mathematics
Books
History of the Theory of Numbers
1919
History of the Theory of Numbers, Volume I: Divisibility and Primality
New first course in the theory of equations
1922
History Of The Theory Of Numbers Vol - Ii
History of the Theory of Numbers, Volume II: Diophantine Analysis
Collected Mathematical Papers of Leonard Eugene Dickson