---
title: "3 Raymond Louis Wilder Quotes - Famous Mathematician"
description: "American mathematician (1896–1982)... | Raymond Louis Wilder was an American mathematician, who specialized in topology and gradually acquired philosoph..."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b181/author-raymond-louis-wilder-82780.jpg"
---

![Portrait of Raymond Louis Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b181/author-raymond-louis-wilder-82780.jpg)

# Raymond Louis Wilder

(1896–1982)   Mathematician

 **3** quotes in **27** categories

Rate this collection:  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★   No ratings yet

Raymond Louis Wilder was a mathematician.

## Quick Facts About Raymond Louis Wilder

Born November 3, 1896

Died July 7, 1982

Profession Mathematician

## About Raymond Louis Wilder

American mathematician (1896–1982)... \| Raymond Louis Wilder was an American mathematician, who specialized in topology and gradually acquired philosophical and anthropological interests.

##  Quotes by Raymond Louis Wilder

> [Probably no branch of mathematics has experienced a more surprising growth than has... topology... Considered as a most specialized and abstract subject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-louis-wilder/probably-no-branch-of-mathematics-has-experienced-a-more-surprising/)

Raymond Louis Wilder

[Abstract](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/raymond-louis-wilder-82780_abstract_probably-no-branch-of-mathematics-has-ex_919488.png)

> [Mathematics was born and nurtured in a cultural environment. Without the perspective which the cultural background affords, a proper appreciation of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-louis-wilder/mathematics-was-born-and-nurtured-in-a-cultural-environment-without/)

Raymond Louis Wilder

[Appreciation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appreciation/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/raymond-louis-wilder-82780_appreciation_mathematics-was-born-and-nurtured-in-a-c_1475779.png)

> [There is nothing mysterious, as some have tried to maintain, about the applicability of mathematics. What we get by abstraction from something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-louis-wilder/there-is-nothing-mysterious-as-some-have-tried-to-maintain-about-the/)

Raymond Louis Wilder

[Abstraction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstraction/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28c/raymond-louis-wilder-82780_abstraction_there-is-nothing-mysterious-as-some-have_2786972.png)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-louis-wilder/#itemlist",
            "name": "Raymond Louis Wilder Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 3,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Probably no branch of mathematics has experienced a more surprising growth than has... topology... Considered as a most specialized and abstract subject in the early 1920's, it is today [1938] an indispensable equipment for the investigation of modern mathematical theories.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Raymond Louis Wilder"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-louis-wilder/probably-no-branch-of-mathematics-has-experienced-a-more-surprising/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/raymond-louis-wilder-82780_abstract_probably-no-branch-of-mathematics-has-ex_919488.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/raymond-louis-wilder-82780_abstract_probably-no-branch-of-mathematics-has-ex_919488.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/raymond-louis-wilder-82780_abstract_probably-no-branch-of-mathematics-has-ex_919488.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Probably no branch of mathematics has experienced a more surprising growth than has... topology…” — Raymond Louis Wilder",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Mathematics was born and nurtured in a cultural environment. Without the perspective which the cultural background affords, a proper appreciation of the content and state of present-day mathematics is hardly possible.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Raymond Louis Wilder"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-louis-wilder/mathematics-was-born-and-nurtured-in-a-cultural-environment-without/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/raymond-louis-wilder-82780_appreciation_mathematics-was-born-and-nurtured-in-a-c_1475779.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/raymond-louis-wilder-82780_appreciation_mathematics-was-born-and-nurtured-in-a-c_1475779.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/raymond-louis-wilder-82780_appreciation_mathematics-was-born-and-nurtured-in-a-c_1475779.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Mathematics was born and nurtured in a cultural environment. Without the perspective which the cultural…” — Raymond Louis Wilder",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "There is nothing mysterious, as some have tried to maintain, about the applicability of mathematics. What we get by abstraction from something can be returned.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Raymond Louis Wilder"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-louis-wilder/there-is-nothing-mysterious-as-some-have-tried-to-maintain-about-the/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28c/raymond-louis-wilder-82780_abstraction_there-is-nothing-mysterious-as-some-have_2786972.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28c/raymond-louis-wilder-82780_abstraction_there-is-nothing-mysterious-as-some-have_2786972.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28c/raymond-louis-wilder-82780_abstraction_there-is-nothing-mysterious-as-some-have_2786972.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“There is nothing mysterious, as some have tried to maintain, about the applicability of mathematics. What we…” — Raymond Louis Wilder",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "Person",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-louis-wilder/#person",
            "name": "Raymond Louis Wilder",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-louis-wilder/",
            "image": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b181/author-raymond-louis-wilder-82780.jpg",
            "description": "American mathematician (1896–1982)... | Raymond Louis Wilder was an American mathematician, who specialized in topology and gradually acquired philosophical and anthropological interests."
        },
        {
            "@type": "ProfilePage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-louis-wilder/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-louis-wilder/",
            "name": "Raymond Louis Wilder",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-louis-wilder/#person"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/raymond-louis-wilder-82780_abstract_probably-no-branch-of-mathematics-has-ex_919488.png"
            },
            "description": "American mathematician (1896–1982)... | Raymond Louis Wilder was an American mathematician, who specialized in topology and gradually acquired philosoph...",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-louis-wilder/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-louis-wilder/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Authors",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/authors/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Raymond Louis Wilder",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-louis-wilder/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```