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James Waddell Alexander II
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<p>James Waddell Alexander II (September 19, 1888 – September 23, 1971) was a <a href="/facts/Mathematician/eaFSR8Fx">mathematician</a> and <a href="/facts/Topologist/2EqW47cU">topologist</a> of the pre-World War II era and part of an influential Princeton topology elite, which included <a href="/facts/Oswald_Veblen/YFAf3d88">Oswald Veblen</a>, <a href="/facts/Solomon_Lefschetz/Ut2VFwGr">Solomon Lefschetz</a>, and others. He was one of the first members of the <a href="/facts/Institute_for_Advanced_Study/jQQCURKt">Institute for Advanced Study</a> (1933–1951), and also a professor at <a href="/facts/Princeton_University/n3EPGHBM">Princeton University</a> (1920–1951). </p>