Elliott Ward Cheney Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetElliott Ward Cheney Jr.
American mathematician
Date of Birth: 28-Jun-1929
Place of Birth: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 13-Jul-2016
Profession: mathematician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Elliott Ward Cheney Jr.
- Elliott Ward Cheney Jr.
- (June 28, 1929 – July 13, 2016) was an American mathematician and an Emeritus Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
- Known to his friends and colleagues as Ward Cheney, he was one of the pioneers in the fields of approximation theory and numerical analysis.
- His 1966 book, An Introduction to Approximation Theory, remains in print and is "highly respected and well known", "a small book almost encyclopedic in character", and "is a classic with few competitors".
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