List of Jewish mathematicians

List of Jewish mathematicians is a list that includes mathematicians who are or were both non-American and verifiably Jewish or of Jewish descent. In 1933, when the Nazis rose to power in Germany, one-third of all mathematics professors in the country were Jewish, while Jews constituted less than one percent of the population.[1]

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S-Z

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. Setting the record straight about Jewish mathematicians in Nazi Germany, Haaretz
  2. article in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  3. article in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  4. Death notices in Jewish Chronicle, 15 November 1996 p 31; confirms Sidney Hart was his uncle
  5. Encyclopædia Britannica 11th ed: "He was born in Berlin of Jewish parents. He studied at Bonn and Giessen, but settled in Paris, becoming naturalized there"
  6. : "These include the papers of Anglo-Jewish leaders, such as Selig Brodetsky"
  7. Jewish Encyclopedia
  8. Obituary in The Times "he was born in Hamburg in 1924 to Jewish parents" Accessed 9 July 2008.
  9. article in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  10. Jewish: ; British: Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "became naturalised British citizen, 1947"
  11. Obituary, Jewish Chronicle, Oct. 6 1978, p.32
  12. Two Jewish parents: Stephan Körner (JYB 2005 p215) and Edith Körner
  13. Contemporary Authors V 162 By Rooney, Scot Peacock, Pg 169

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