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Derrick Norman Lehmer was an active member of the University of California faculty from the year 1900 to 1937, when he was accorded emeritus rank. His scholarly interest was mainly in the field of mathematics, avocational pursuits carrying him into the domain of music and poetry. His friends thus recognized two strains in his nature. The Derrick strain, if one may so indicate his descent from Hessian stock, accounts for his being a professor of mathematics and at one time Research Assistant of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, where among other things he made "Factor Tables for the First Ten Millions." The Norman strain in him accounts for his love of belles lettres, his creative work in the fields of music and poetry, the songs and operas he composed and the poems he wrote.
He was born July 27, 1867, in Somerset, Indiana, and died in Berkeley September 8, 1938. His higher education was received partly at the University of Nebraska, partly at the University of Chicago, where he was granted the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1900. His first teaching was done as headmaster of the Worthington Military Academy in the year 1896-97. In 1900 he began his service at the University of California as instructor in mathematics, reaching in 1918 the rank of professor. In 1932 the University of Nebraska conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Science. From 1923 to 1933 he was editor of the University Chronicle. He was a member of many learned societies, including the American Mathematical Society; the Mathematical Association, in which he served for a period as vice-president and trustee; Circolo Matematico di Palermo; American Association for the Advancement of Science,
He was born July 27, 1867, in Somerset, Indiana, and died in Berkeley September 8, 1938. His higher education was received partly at the University of Nebraska, partly at the University of Chicago, where he was granted the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1900. His first teaching was done as headmaster of the Worthington Military Academy in the year 1896-97. In 1900 he began his service at the University of California as instructor in mathematics, reaching in 1918 the rank of professor. In 1932 the University of Nebraska conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Science. From 1923 to 1933 he was editor of the University Chronicle. He was a member of many learned societies, including the American Mathematical Society; the Mathematical Association, in which he served for a period as vice-president and trustee; Circolo Matematico di Palermo; American Association for the Advancement of Science,
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