Alfred Pringsheim
Mathematician, Academic
1850 – 1941
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Who was Alfred Pringsheim?
Alfred Pringsheim was a German mathematician and patron of the arts. He was born in Ohlau, Prussian Silesia and died in Zürich, Switzerland. One of many antisemitic pieces of Nazi legislation, the Namensänderungsverordnung which came into effect 1 January 1938, forced him to legally change his name into Alfred Israel Pringsheim at age 87.
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- Born
- Sep 2, 1850
Oława - Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Germans
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Heidelberg University
- Died
- Jun 25, 1941
Zürich
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on July 23, 2013
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