Robert Lee Moore

Robert Lee Moore
R. L. Moore in 1904
Born	(1882-11-14)November 14, 1882 Dallas, Texas, US
Died	October 4, 1974(1974-10-04) (aged 91) Austin, Texas, US
Alma mater	University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1905)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Texas at Austin
Thesis	Sets of Metrical Hypotheses for Geometry (1905)
Doctoral advisor	Oswald Veblen E. H. Moore
Doctoral students	Richard Anderson R. H. Bing Mary-Elizabeth Hamstrom F. Burton Jones John Kline Edwin E Moise Anna Mullikin Mary Ellen Rudin Gordon Whyburn Raymond Wilder

Robert Lee Moore (November 14, 1882 – October 4, 1974) was an American mathematician who taught for many years at the University of Texas. He is known for his work in general topology, for the Moore method of teaching university mathematics, and for his racist treatment of African-American mathematics students.