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Lester Randolph Ford Sr. (October 25, 1886 – November 11, 1967) was an American mathematician, editor of the American Mathematical Monthly from 1942 to 1946, and President of the Mathematical Association of America from 1947 to 1948. Ford circles are named after him. He is the father of L. R. Ford Jr. Returning to Harvard in 1917, Ford was awarded his Ph.D. for the thesis Rational Approximations to an Irrational Complex Number, under the supervision of Maxime Bôcher. Later Ford joined the faculty of Rice Institute in Houston, Texas. There he married Marguerite Eleanor John on 15 June 1924.

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  • ليستير ر. فورد (ar)
  • Lester R. Ford (ca)
  • Lester Randolph Ford senior (de)
  • Lester Randolph Ford (fr)
  • Lester Randolph Ford Sr. (it)
  • Lester R. Ford (en)
  • Lester Randolph Ford Sr. (pl)
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  • ليستير ر. فورد (بالإنجليزية: Lester R. Ford)‏ هو رياضياتي أمريكي، ولد في 25 أكتوبر 1886 في ميزوري في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 11 نوفمبر 1967 في شارلوتسفيل في الولايات المتحدة. (ar)
  • Lester Randolph Ford Sr. (25 ottobre 1886 – 11 novembre 1967) è stato un matematico statunitense.Fu direttore di American Mathematical Monthly dal 1942 al 1946 e presidente della Mathematical Association of America dal 1947 al 1948, e da lui prendono nome i . Fu il padre del noto matematico Lester Randolph Ford Jr. e tra i suoi dottorandi vi fu . Nel 1964 la MAA stabilì in suo onore i Lester R. Ford Awards, destinati ad autori meritevoli di articoli pubblicati su The American Mathematical Monthly o su Mathematics Magazine. Il premio è ora noto come Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards. (it)
  • Lester Randolph Ford Senior (ur. 25 października 1886 w Missouri, zm. 11 listopada 1967 w Charlottesville) – amerykański matematyk, edytor w latach 1942-1946, oraz prezydent w latach 1947-1948.Wynalazca tzw. okręgów Forda (zob. także problem Apoloniusza). W roku 1964 stowarzyszenie Mathematical Association of America ustanowiło nagrodę imienia L.R.Forda tzw. . Ojciec Lestera Randolpha Forda juniora, także matematyka. (pl)
  • Lester Randolph Ford (Missouri, 25 de outubro de 1886 — Charlottesville, 11 de novembro de 1967) foi um matemático estadunidense. Pai do também matemático . De 1942 a 1946 foi editor do American Mathematical Monthly, e presidente da Mathematical Association of America de 1947 a 1948. Seu nome é perpetuado no círculo de Ford e no Prêmio Lester R. Ford. (pt)
  • Lester R. Ford (Rich Hill, 25 d'octubre de 1886 - Charlottesville, 11 de novembre de 1967) va ser un matemàtic estatunidenc. Va estudiar a l'Escola Normal i a la universitat Estatal de Missouri. Després va estudiar amb Maxime Bôcher a la universitat Harvard, en la qual va obtenir el màster el 1913. L'any següent es va traslladar a Escòcia on va ser professor júnior de la universitat d'Edimburg. El 1919, en acabar la Primera Guerra Mundial va publicar un tractat de matemàtiques elementals per a artillers, que va ser molt utilitzat pels cadets militars durant molt de temps. Contenia nocions d'aritmètica, àlgebra, geometria, trigonometria, coordenades, mètodes d'aproximació i ajudes pel càlcul. Poc després, va ser contractat com a professor del Rice Institute de Houston (Texas) (actual univer (ca)
  • Lester Randolph Ford senior (* 25. Oktober 1886 in Missouri, USA; † 11. November 1967 in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA) war ein US-amerikanischer Mathematiker und Vater von Lester Randolph Ford (Jr.). Ford studierte an der Missouri State University mit dem Bachelor-Abschluss 1911 und an der Harvard University mit dem Master-Abschluss 1913 und der Promotion bei Maxime Bôcher 1917. Er war am Rice Institute, ab Ende der 1930er Jahre Professor am Armour Institute of Technology, aus dem 1940 das Illinois Institute of Technology wurde. (de)
  • Lester Randolph Ford Sr. (October 25, 1886 – November 11, 1967) was an American mathematician, editor of the American Mathematical Monthly from 1942 to 1946, and President of the Mathematical Association of America from 1947 to 1948. Ford circles are named after him. He is the father of L. R. Ford Jr. Returning to Harvard in 1917, Ford was awarded his Ph.D. for the thesis Rational Approximations to an Irrational Complex Number, under the supervision of Maxime Bôcher. Later Ford joined the faculty of Rice Institute in Houston, Texas. There he married Marguerite Eleanor John on 15 June 1924. (en)
  • Lester Randolph Ford, Sr. (29 octobre 1886 - 11 novembre 1967) est un mathématicien américain, rédacteur en chef de l'American Mathematical Monthly de 1942 à 1946, et président de la Mathematical Association of America de 1947 à 1948. En 1964, la MAA célèbre sa contribution aux mathématiques en créant le Prix Lester Randolph Ford pour les auteurs d'articles ou de belles démonstrations publiés dans l'American Mathematical Monthly ou le Mathematics Magazine. Il décrit en 1938 une famille de cercles, qui portent désormais son nom : les cercles de Ford. (fr)
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  • Charlottesville, Virginia, US (en)
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