Oswald Veblen

Oswald Veblen (1880 – 1960) was an American mathematician whose work found application in atomic physics. He taught mathematics at Princeton University beginning in 1905. In 1932, he helped organize the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, resigning his professorship to remain at the Institute until his retirement in 1950.

In 1957, Veblen and his wife, Elizabeth M D Richardson, donated 82 acres of land along the Princeton Ridge to establish Herrontown Woods, a nature preserve in Princeton, NJ.