Howard Percy Robertson (1903 - 1961)

* 27 January 1903, † 26 August 1961

Howard Percy Robertson was born on 27 January 1903 in Hoquiam, Washington, USA. Howard Percy Robertson studied at Washington University and California Institute of Technology. He spent some time in Germany and was appointed to a post in Princeton. He spent much of the period of World War II in Britain. He made important contributions to Differential Geometry and Relativity. Howard Percy Robertson died on 26 August 1961.