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Richard D. Schafer
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'''Richard Donald Schafer''' (25 February 1918, [[Buffalo, New York]]<ref>Pamela Kalte ''et al.'' (eds.) ''American Men and Women of Science'', Thomson Gale 2004 </ref> – 28 December 2014, [[Lexington, Massachusetts]])<ref name=Obit>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> was an American mathematician.
Richard Schafer studied at the [[University at Buffalo]], where he received his bachelor's degree in 1938 and his master's degree in 1940. He received in 1942 from the [[University of Chicago]] his PhD under [[Abraham Adrian Albert]] with dissertation ''Alternative Algebras over an Arbitrary Field''.<ref></ref> After service in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945, he was an instructor at the [[University of Michigan]] for the academic year 1945–1946. From 1946 to 1948 he was at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]]. From 1948 to 1953 he was a professor at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. From 1953 to 1958 he was at [[University of Connecticut]] as professor and head of the mathematics department. He spent the academic year 1958–1959 at the Institute for Advanced Study. From 1959 until his retirement in 1988, he was a professor at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref name=Obit/> In 2012 he was elected was a Fellow of the [[American Mathematical Society]].
Schafer did research on algebra, specifically on [[Jordan algebra]]s and [[Lie algebra]]s. He is best known for his textbook ''An Introduction to Nonassociative Algebras'', first published in 1966.<ref>Richard D. Schafer: ''An Introduction to Nonassociative Algebras''. Courier Dover Publications, 1966, ISBN 0-486-68813-5.</ref> which has been freely available since 2008 from [[Project Gutenberg]].
Richard Schafer was married to the mathematician [[Alice Turner Schafer]] (1915-2009) from 1942 until her death.<ref></ref> Upon his death he was survived by two sons, three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.<ref name=Obit/>
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[[Category:University of Chicago alumni]]
[[Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty]]
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Richard Schafer studied at the [[University at Buffalo]], where he received his bachelor's degree in 1938 and his master's degree in 1940. He received in 1942 from the [[University of Chicago]] his PhD under [[Abraham Adrian Albert]] with dissertation ''Alternative Algebras over an Arbitrary Field''.<ref></ref> After service in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945, he was an instructor at the [[University of Michigan]] for the academic year 1945–1946. From 1946 to 1948 he was at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]]. From 1948 to 1953 he was a professor at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. From 1953 to 1958 he was at [[University of Connecticut]] as professor and head of the mathematics department. He spent the academic year 1958–1959 at the Institute for Advanced Study. From 1959 until his retirement in 1988, he was a professor at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref name=Obit/> In 2012 he was elected was a Fellow of the [[American Mathematical Society]].
Schafer did research on algebra, specifically on [[Jordan algebra]]s and [[Lie algebra]]s. He is best known for his textbook ''An Introduction to Nonassociative Algebras'', first published in 1966.<ref>Richard D. Schafer: ''An Introduction to Nonassociative Algebras''. Courier Dover Publications, 1966, ISBN 0-486-68813-5.</ref> which has been freely available since 2008 from [[Project Gutenberg]].
Richard Schafer was married to the mathematician [[Alice Turner Schafer]] (1915-2009) from 1942 until her death.<ref></ref> Upon his death he was survived by two sons, three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.<ref name=Obit/>
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:20th-century American mathematicians]]
[[Category:21st-century American mathematicians]]
[[Category:Fellows of the American Mathematical Society]]
[[Category:University at Buffalo alumni]]
[[Category:University of Chicago alumni]]
[[Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty]]
[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
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