Charles W. Curtis

Charles Whittlesey Curtis (born October 13, 1926) is a mathematician and historian of mathematics, known for his work in finite group theory and representation theory.

He is a retired professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon.

Curtis received a bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College in 1948,[1] and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1951, under the supervision of Nathan Jacobson.

[3] Subsequently, he moved to the University of Oregon, where he is an emeritus professor.

[4] While at Yale, on June 17, 1950 in Cheshire, Connecticut, Curtis married his wife Elizabeth, a kindergarten teacher and childcare provider.