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(2008-05-30) (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.

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