Talk:Henry Crapo (mathematician)

Notability and sources
Comments: Questions: is there a reliable source for his birthday? Is there a reliable source connecting him with the Henry Crapo who graduated from the University of Michigan in 1954 (referenced in old Michigan Daily articles)? Is there more information on his career arc and time at various institutions? – Russ Woodroofe (talk) 03:28, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Crapo appears to be notable under WP:NPROF C1. A GS search will show several papers and books that have been cited hundreds of times, in a low-citation field.  This is further supported by the special issue of Adv. Appl. Math. in his honor, and by his frequent mention in the Wikipedia articles on the Tutte polynomial and matroids.
 * The Matroid Union source is a blog run by several prominent matroid theorists. The cited post is by James Oxley.  While not as strong as a journal publication, I believe this to be a reasonably reliable source regarding the importance of his work.