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David Gale

American mathematician

Died when: 86 years 85 days (1034 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

David Gale

David Gale (December 13, 1921 – March 7, 2008) was an American mathematician and economist.He was a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, affiliated with the departments of mathematics, economics, and industrial engineering and operations research.

He has contributed to the fields of mathematical economics, game theory, and convex analysis.Gale earned his B.A. from Swarthmore College, obtained an M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1947, and earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics at Princeton University in 1949.

He taught at Brown University from 1950 to 1965 and then joined the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley.Gale lived in Berkeley, California, and Paris, France with his partner Sandra Gilbert, feminist literary scholar and poet.

He has three daughters and two grandsons.


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