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Mathematician
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5 February 1855, Livonia
Death
17 December 1941, Geneva (aged 86 years)
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86 years
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William Pitt Durfee (5 February 1855 – 17 December 1941) was an American mathematician who introduced Durfee squares. He was a student of James Sylvester, and after obtaining his degree in 1883 he became a professor at Hobart college in 1884 and became dean in 1888. Durfee House and Durfee Hall are named in his honor.
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- Durfee, William P. (1900), The elements of plane trigonometry, Ginn & co.
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