John Robert Kline

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Nationality United States Fields Mathematics		Died May 2, 1955 Name John Kline Notable students Lida Barrett

Institutions University of Pennsylvania Alma mater University of Pennsylvania Doctoral students William AyresDonald FlandersArthur MilgramLeo Zippin Known for Kline sphere characterization Education University of Pennsylvania (1916) Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada
Doctoral advisor Robert Lee Moore

John Robert Kline (1891–1955) was a US-American Professor of Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania from 1920 to 1955. A Ph.D. student of Robert Lee Moore, he was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1925, later Chairman of the Department of Mathematics from 1933 to 1954 and Thomas A. Scott Professor of Mathematics from 1941 to 1955. His doctoral students include Lida Barrett, Arthur Milgram, Athanasios Papoulis, Dudley Weldon Woodard, and Leo Zippin.

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