Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Richard Courant
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Courant, Richard
Quizzes
Equations written on blackboard
Numbers and Mathematics
Read Next
The United States Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.
14 Questions About Government in the United States Answered
number zero, 0 balloon
Is Zero an Even or an Odd Number?
Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.
U.S. Death Toll During Major Events
The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.
26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History
Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd
Causes of the Great Depression
Discover
Panama Canal infographic
Timeline and Map of the Panama Canal
Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics
10 Best Hockey Players of All Time
Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland
The Largest Islands in the World
Monitor. Varanus salvadorii is a monitor lizard found in New Guinea can grows to 2.7 metres (9 ft.) aka Tree crocodile, Crocodile monitor, Salvadori's monitor, artellia, reptile
7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Lizards and Turtles
Colorful winter sunset
What's the Difference Between a Solstice and an Equinox?
Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and autodidact.
6 Interesting Facts about Srinivasa Ramanujan
Nativity Scene, Adoration of the Magi, Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Montenegro
Why Is Christmas in December?

Richard Courant: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://mainten.top/facts/Richard-Courant
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born January 8, 1888 • Poland
Died January 27, 1972 (aged 84) • New Rochelle • New York
Subjects Of Study calculus of variations

Photos

Courant, Richard
See All Images →
Mildred Gillars
American traitor
Gen. Lucius D. Clay, 1947
Lucius D. Clay
American general
Mildred Helen McAfee
American educator and military commander
Lawrence H. Summers
American economist and educator
G. Stanley Hall.
G. Stanley Hall
American psychologist
Donna Shalala
American official
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
United States senator
Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper
United States naval officer and mathematician
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Hiram Rhodes Revels
American politician and educator
George Washington Pierce
American inventor
Jacques Barzun
American teacher, historian, and author
Jill Ker Conway
American scholar
Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin
Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin
American geologist
John Morgan
American physician and educator
William Henry Welch
American physician
Herbert Adams
Herbert Baxter Adams
American historian and educator
Bessey, c. 1910
Charles E. Bessey
American botanist
Karl Taylor Compton
American physicist
Angell, James Burrill
James Burrill Angell
American educator
Flexner, Abraham
Abraham Flexner
American educator

Related Quizzes and Features

Quiz
Equations written on blackboard
Numbers and Mathematics