Wilhelm Süss
Wilhelm Süss (7 March 1895 – 21 May 1958) was a German mathematician. He was founder and first director of the Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach.
Wilhelm Süss | |
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 Wilhelm Süss, ca. 1954 | |
| Born | March 7, 1895 Frankfurt, Germany |
| Died | May 21, 1958 (aged 63) Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany |
| Education | Goethe University Frankfurt |
| Known for | MFO founder |
| Spouse(s) | Irmgard Deckert |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Greifswald University of Freiburg |
| Thesis | Begründung der Inhaltslehre im Raum ohne Benutzung von Stetigkeitsaxiomen (1922) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ludwig Bieberbach |
He was born in Frankfurt, Germany and died in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Süss earned a Ph.D. degree in 1922 from Goethe University Frankfurt, for a thesis written under the direction of Ludwig Bieberbach. In 1928 he took a lecturing position at the University of Greifswald, and in 1934 he became a Professor at the University of Freiburg.
Wilhelm Süss was a member of the Sturmabteilung, the National Socialist German Lecturers League, and of the Nazi Party.
In 1936–1940, he was an editor of the journal Deutsche Mathematik.
References
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Wilhelm Süss", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
- Wilhelm Süss at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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