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Tait Peter Guthrie (b. 1831-04-28 / d. 1901-07-04)
Peter Guthrie Tait FRSE was a Scottish mathematical physicist and early pioneer in thermodynamics. He is best known for the mathematical physics textbook Treatise on Natural Philosophy, which he co-wrote with Kelvin, and his early investigations into knot theory. His work on knot theory contributed to the eventual formation of topology as a mathematical discipline. His name is known in graph theory mainly for Tait's conjecture. He is also one of the namesakes of the Tait-Kneser theorem on osculating circles.
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Born 1912-05-01. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age
He was a French mathematician working on analysis. His doctoral advisor was Maurice René Fréchet. Fortet was a professor at the University of Caen and at the University of Paris. Some of his Ph.D. students in Paris were Egon Balas, Jyoti Prasad Medhi and Jacques Neveu.