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Hugo Steinhaus

Hugo Steinhaus
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Hugo Dyonizy Steinhaus was a Polish mathematician and educator. Steinhaus obtained his PhD under David Hilbert at Göttingen University in 1911 and later became a professor at the Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów, where he helped establish what later became known as the Lwów School of Mathematics.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Charles Galton DarwinDecember 18, 1887 – December 31, 1962
  2. Edward AndradeDecember 27, 1887 – June 6, 1971
  3. Hedwig KohnApril 5, 1887 – March 26, 1964
  4. Hugo Steinhaus (this page)January 14, 1887 – February 25, 1972
  5. James Batcheller SumnerNovember 19, 1887 – August 12, 1955
  6. Leopold RužičkaSeptember 13, 1887 – September 26, 1976

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