William Feller (1906-1970)
[size=-1]Vilim Feller as a student at the University of Zagreb
with kind permission of prof. Marta Zdenkovic, Zagreb
Abstract. William Feller (Zagreb, 1906 - New York, 1970), outstanding Croatian - American mathematician. At the University of Zagreb completed the first two years of mathematics (i.e. four semesters out of eight, 1923-1925), and then continued his studies in Göttingen where he earned his doctorate (1926). Professor in Kiel, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Lund. Since 1939 lived in the USA, employed at Universities of Brown, Cornell, and Princeton. One of the founders of Probability Theory as a scientific discipline, best known for his two volume monograph An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications. Many mathematical notions bear his name. Member of several national academies, recipient of the National Medal of Science, USA.
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