Gilbert Hunt

Gilbert Hunt

Full name	Gilbert A. Hunt, Jr.
Country (sports)	United States
Born	March 4, 1916 Washington, D.C.[1]
Died	May 30, 2008 (aged 92) Princeton, New Jersey[2]
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	QF (1938, 1939)

Gilbert Agnew Hunt, Jr. (March 4, 1916 – May 30, 2008)^[1] was an American mathematician and amateur tennis player active in the 1930s and 1940s.

Tennis career

Hunt reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. National Championships in 1938 and 1939.

Scientific career

He became a mathematics professor at Princeton University specializing in probability theory,^[2] Markov processes, and potential theory.^[1]

The Hunt process is named after him.

References

1. O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Gilbert Hunt", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
2. Joe Holley, Obituary: Gilbert Hunt Jr., 92; Math and Tennis Ace, The Washington Post, 11 June 2008.

External links

• Tennis Archives
• Kitta MacPherson, Gilbert Hunt, probability expert, dies at 92, «Princeton Weekly Bulletin» June 16, 2008, Vol. 97, No. 29.
• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Gilbert Hunt", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
• Gilbert Hunt at the Mathematics Genealogy Project