Calculus and Analytical Geometry

Holmes, Cecil Thomas

Published by MacGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1950

About this Item

Very Good. Binding square and tight, text block unmarked, I-x, 416pp. Taped into rear of text is a day-by-day second semester syllabus. In is unclear whether this syllabus was for one of Holmes s classes or Charles Grobe s, whose name appears on the front paste-down. Both were math professors at Bowdoin College in Maine. Below is a biography of Holmes taken from the annual report of Bowdoin College, 1987-88. Cecil Thomas Holmes, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Wing Professor of Mathematics Emeritus, died on June 15, 1988. Professor Holmes graduated from Bates College in 1915 and then spent a year teaching in the Sangerville, Maine, High School and a year as instructor in rhetoric at Bates College before going to Harvard University, where he earned a master's degree and a doctorate, finishing in 1931. He taught mathematics at the Kentucky Military Institute and the New Haven, Connecticut, High School and served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army during World War I and then came to Bowdoin in 1925 as an assistant professor. He was promoted to associate professor in 1931 and to full professor in 1937. In 1963 he was named Wing Professor of Mathematics. He served as chair of the Department of Mathematics from 1961 until his retirement in 1964 and was director of the College's Academic Year Institute. Professor Holmes was the author of two widely used textbooks, Calculus and Analytical Geometry andTrigonometry', and was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Mathematical Society. He was a member of Sigma Xi, an honorary scientific society, was a liaison officer of the Mathematical Association of America to the Maine Department of Education, and was a member of the Association of the Teachers of Mathematics in Maine. He also served as a member, and later as a fellow, of the Board of Overseers at Bates College. According to the 1965 Bugle (Bowdoin Yearbook). Professor Holmes has been a bit of a perfectionist, setting high standards for himself and expecting the same from his students." It also cited his "wry sense of humor" and called him "a true humanitarian. (Grobe arrived at Bowdoin in 1964, the year of Holmes s retirement. Grobe taught another thirty-five years at Bowdoin). Seller Inventory # 2206 3-BC-6-5

Bibliographic Details

Title: Calculus and Analytical Geometry

Publisher: MacGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.

Publication Date: 1950

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition