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Cornelius Lanczos

Hungarian mathematician and physicist (1893-1974) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 81

Cornelius (Cornel) Lanczos was a Hungarian, American, and later Irish mathematician and physicist. According to György Marx he was one of the Martians, a group of Hungarian scientific luminaries who immigrated to the United States to escape national socialism.

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Chauvenet Prize1960

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He was remembered by his colleagues as an innovative scholar and an excellent educator.

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United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1893 to 1974 · aged 81