Alfred H. Clifford

Alfred H. Clifford
Born	(1908-07-08)July 8, 1908 St. Louis, Missouri, US
Died	December 27, 1992(1992-12-27) (aged 84)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Yale University California Institute of Technology
Known for	Clifford theory
Scientific career
Fields	Group theory, semigroup theory
Institutions	Institute for Advanced Study Massachusetts Institute of Technology Johns Hopkins University Tulane University
Thesis	Arithmetic of Ova  (1933)
Doctoral advisor	Eric Temple Bell, Morgan Ward

Alfred Hoblitzelle Clifford (July 11, 1908 – December 27, 1992) was an American mathematician born in St. Louis, Missouri who is known for Clifford theory and for his work on semigroups. He did his undergraduate studies at Yale and his PhD at Caltech, and worked at MIT, Johns Hopkins, and later Tulane University. The Alfred H. Clifford Mathematics Research Library at Tulane University is named after him.

Publications

• Clifford, Alfred Hoblitzelle; Preston, Gordon B. (1961), The algebraic theory of semigroups. Vol. I, Mathematical Surveys, No. 7, Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society, ISBN 978-0-8218-0272-4, MR 0132791

External links

• Alfred H. Clifford Mathematics Research Library
• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Alfred H. Clifford", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
• Alfred H. Clifford at the Mathematics Genealogy Project