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Hermann Weyl

German mathematician (1885-1955) · Germany · Academics · Died at 70

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Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl was a German mathematician, theoretical physicist, logician and philosopher.

A life in dates

1955Died8 December 19551954Arnold-Reymond prizeAward1952Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of ParisAward1948Josiah Willard Gibbs LectureshipAward1936Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1927Lobachevsky PrizeAward1885Born9 November 1885

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Hermann Weyl (left) with Ernst PeschlHermann Weyl (left) with Ernst PeschlThe Theory of Groups and Quantum Mechanics (translated from the second, revised German edition by Howard P. Robertson)The Theory of Groups and Quantum Mechanics (translated from the second, revised German edition by Howard P. Robertson)

Awards

Arnold-Reymond prize1954
Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Paris1952
Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship1948
Foreign Member of the Royal Society1936
Lobachevsky Prize1927
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Oslo
Honorary Doctorate from Columbia University
Honorary Doctor of ETH Zürich
Honorary Doctor of the University of Stuttgart

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Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl was a German mathematician, theoretical physicist, logician and philosopher. Although much of his working life was spent in Zürich, Switzerland, and then Princeton, New Jersey, he is associated with the University of Göttingen tradition of mathematics, represented by Carl Friedrich Gauss, David Hilbert and Hermann Minkowski.

Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1885 to 1955 · aged 70

In common with Hermann

David HilbertBoth received Lobachevsky PrizeAndrey KolmogorovBoth received Lobachevsky PrizeFrançois JacobBoth received Arnold-Reymond prizeShiing-Shen ChernBoth received Lobachevsky PrizePierre Lecomte du NoüyBoth received Arnold-Reymond prizeSophus LieBoth received Lobachevsky Prize

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