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Verner Emil Hoggatt Jr.
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<p>Verner Emil Hoggatt Jr. (June 26, 1921 – August 11, 1980) was an American <a href="/facts/Mathematician/eaFSR8Fx">mathematician</a>, known mostly for his work in <a href="/facts/Fibonacci_numbers/mqxpAUQD">Fibonacci numbers</a> and <a href="/facts/Number_theory/zhoa7zrc">number theory</a>. </p><p>Hoggatt received a <a href="/facts/Ph.D./paJumdN8">Ph.D.</a> from <a href="/facts/Oregon_State_University/FR0MGWWg">Oregon State University</a> in 1955 for his <a href="/facts/Dissertation/dYnTaYqQ">dissertation</a> on <a href="/facts/Weierstrass%27s_elliptic_functions/GHRXDknk">The Inverse Weierstrass P-Function</a>. Besides his contributions in Fibonacci numbers and number theory it is as the co-founder of the <a href="/facts/Fibonacci_association/XaeAKto7">Fibonacci association</a> and publisher of the associated <a href="/facts/Academic_journal/SBI7Ue0q">journal</a> <i><a href="/facts/Fibonacci_Quarterly/c4LDaB5F">Fibonacci Quarterly</a></i> for which he is best remembered. </p><p><a href="/facts/Howard_Eves/DbNLVbPp">Howard Eves</a> commented, "During his long and outstanding tenure at <a href="/facts/San_Jose_State_University/2WtScLRd">San Jose State University</a>, Vern directed an enormous number of master's theses, and put out an amazing number of attractive papers... He became the authority on Fibonacci and related numbers." </p>