Adolf Hurwitz

Adolf Hurwitz (26 March 1859 - 18 November 1919), (German pronunciation: [ˈadɒlf ˈhurvits]) was a German mathematician, and was described by Jean-Pierre Serre as "one of the most important figures in mathematics in the second half of the nineteenth century". He was born to a Jewish family in Hildesheim, former Kingdom of Hannover, now Lower Saxony, Germany, and died in Zürich, in Switzerland. Family records indicate that he had siblings and cousi... more

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  • Nov 18, 1919 (age 60 years)

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