{{short description|American mathematician}} {{Infobox scientist | name = William Pitt Durfee | image = <!--(filename only)--> | image_size = | caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1855|2|5}} |birth_place = Livonia, Michigan, US |death_date = {{death date and age|1941|12|17|1855|2|5}} |death_place = Geneva, New York, US | fields = Mathematics | workplaces = Hobart and William Smith Colleges | alma_mater = University of Michigan<br>Johns Hopkins University | doctoral_advisor = James Sylvester | doctoral_students = | known_for = Durfee square | awards = }} '''William Pitt Durfee''' (5 February 1855 – 17 December 1941) was an American mathematician who introduced Durfee squares. He was a student of James Sylvester, and after obtaining his degree in 1883 he became a professor at Hobart college in 1884 and became dean in 1888. Durfee House and Durfee Hall are named in his honor.
==Publications== *{{Citation | last1=Durfee | first1=William P. | title=The elements of plane trigonometry | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iSsAAAAAYAAJ | publisher=Ginn & co. | year=1900}}
==References== *{{Citation | last1=Parshall | first1=Karen Hunger | authorlink1=Karen Parshall | last2=Rowe | first2=David E. | authorlink2=David E. Rowe | title=The emergence of the American mathematical research community, 1876–1900: J. J. Sylvester, Felix Klein, and E. H. Moore | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uMvcfEYr6tsC | publisher=American Mathematical Society | location=Providence, R.I. | series=History of Mathematics | isbn=978-0-8218-9004-2 |mr=1290994 | year=1994 | volume=8}} *{{Citation | first=Karen Hunger|last=Parshall|chapter=The emergence of the American Mathematical research community|editor1-last=Kinyon | editor1-first=Michael | editor2-last=Van Brummelen | editor2-first=Glen | title=Mathematics and the historian's craft | publisher=Springer-Verlag | location=Berlin, New York | series=CMS Books in Mathematics/Ouvrages de Mathématiques de la SMC, 21 | isbn=978-0-387-25284-1 | doi=10.1007/0-387-28272-6 |mr=2156756 | year=2005|page=191}} *{{MathGenealogy|id=25089}} *''Who Was Who in America: with World Notables. Volume 1'', by Marquis Who's Who, 1942.
==External links== *[http://www.hws.edu/alumni/dfa.aspx Biography] on HWS website *[http://library.hws.edu/archives/findingaids/html/Buildings.asp Durfee House] on HWS website *{{MathGenealogy|id=25089}}
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