October 22, 1907: Birth of Mathematician Sarvadaman Chowla

Sarvadaman Chowla was born in London, England. His father was a professor of mathematics in Lahore, India. Chowla's family returned to India shortly after his birth. He earned his master’s degree at the age of 21 from Government College in Lahore and his doctorate in 1931 from the Cambridge University in England. Chowla moved his family to the United States and taught at the University of Kansas and later at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he remained until 1963. He is known for his work on number theory. Among Chowla's contributions are a number of results which bear his name. These include the Bruck-Chowla-Ryser theorem, the Ankeny-Artin-Chowla congruence, the Chowla-Mordell theorem, and the Chowla-Selberg formula. Chowla died in 1995.