Ralph Fox

Ralph Hartzler Fox (March 24, 1913 – December 23, 1973) was an American mathematician. As a professor at Princeton University, he taught and advised many of the contributors to the Golden Age of differential topology, and he played an important role in the modernization of knot theory and of bringing it into the mainstream.

This article is about the American mathematician. For the English communist writer, see Ralph Winston Fox.

Ralph Fox
Born(1913-03-24)March 24, 1913
Morrisville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedDecember 23, 1973(1973-12-23) (aged 60)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materSwarthmore College
Johns Hopkins University
Princeton University
Known for
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
ThesisOn the Lusternick–Schnirelmann Category (1939)
Doctoral advisorSolomon Lefschetz
Doctoral students
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