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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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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