James Waddell Alexander II
James Waddell Alexander II ( September 19 , 1888 September 23 , 1971 ) was a mathematician and topologist of the pre-World War II era and part of an influential Princeton topology elite , which included Oswald Veblen , Solomon Lefschetz , and others . 
<triplet> James Waddell Alexander II <subj> September 19, 1888 <obj> date of birth <subj> September 23, 1971 <obj> date of death