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American mathematician (1876–1965)

For the asteroid, see 20136 Eisenhart.

Luther Pfahler Eisenhart (13 January 1876 – 28 October 1965) was an American mathematician, best known today for his contributions to semi-Riemannian geometry.

LUTHER PFAHLER EISENHART was born in York, Pennsylvania, to an old York family.

LUTHER PFAHLER EISENHART was born in York, Pennsylvania, to an old York family.

Eisenhart spent most of his career at Princeton where he became an instructor in mathematics taking up his appointment in September

Luther Eisenhart's parents were Charles Augustus Eisenhart and Emma Catherine Pfahler who were from long established York families.

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Life

Eisenhart was born in York, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Gettysburg College in 1896. He earned his doctorate in 1900 at Johns Hopkins University, where he was influenced (at long range) by the work of Gaston Darboux and at shorter range by that of Thomas Craig.

During the next two decades, Eisenhart's research focused on moving frames after the French school, but around 1921 took a different turn when he became enamored of the mathematical challenges and entrancing beauty of a new theory of gravitation, Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.

Eisenhart played a central role in American mathematics in the early twentieth century. He served as chairman of the mathematics department at Princeton University