Joseph Robert Shoenfield
American mathematician (1927–2000)
Joseph Robert Shoenfield (May 1, 1927, in Detroit, Michigan – November 15, 2000, in Durham, North Carolina) was an American mathematical logician.2
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Born May 1, 1927, died Nov 15, 2000.1
Companies
- Association for Symbolic LogicChair 1974 to 197611
Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of Michigan3
Shoenfield obtained his PhD in 1953 with Raymond Louis Wilder at the University of Michigan (Models of formal systems).
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Career
Occupation: university teacher, mathematician.6
- 1974 to 1976Chair, Association for Symbolic Logic5
- Date not recordedWorked at Duke University4
From 1952, he lectured at Duke University, where he remained until becoming emeritus in 1992. From 1970 to 1973 he was president of the mathematics faculty. In 1956/57 he was at the Institute for Advanced Study. Shoenfield worked on recursion theory, model theory and axiomatic set theory. His textbook on mathematical logic has become a classic.
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Personal life
Awards
- 1992Gödel Lecturer10
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