Nathan Jacobson (Warsaw, October 5, 1910 - December 5, 1999) was an American mathematician. Born in Warsaw, Poland emigrated with his Jewish family to America in 1918. He was one of the leading algebraists of his generation. In addition, he was the author of more than a dozen standard textbooks. He obtained his masters at the University of Alabama in 1930 and graduated from Princeton University in 1934. While working on his dissertation, non-commutative polynomials and cyclic algebra's, he was advised by Joseph Wedderburn.
Jacobson conducted research and teaching at Bryn Mawr College (1935-1936), Chicago University (1936-1937), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1937-1943), and Johns Hopkins University (1943- 1947) before moving to Yale University in 1947. He remained connected to Yale until his retirement.
He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. From 1971 to 1973 he served as president of the American Mathematical Society. In 1998 he received the highest honor, the Leroy P. Steele award for his entire oeuvre. He was Vice-President of the International Mathematical Union from 1972 to 1974. Also see
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