| Authorised form of name | Neumann; Bernhard Hermann (1909 - 2002) |
| Dates | 1909 - 2002 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Place of birth | Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany |
| Date of birth | 15/10/1909 |
| Date of death | 21/10/2002 |
| Activity | Education:
Herderschule, Berlin; Universities of Freiburg, Berlin and Cambridge. DPhil (Berlin); PhD (Cambridge); DSc (Manchester)
Career:
Lecturer, University College, Hull (1946-1948); Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, then Reader, University of Manchester (1948-1961); Tata Insitute for Fundamental Research, Bombay (1959); Visiting Lecturer and Fellow, New York University (1961-1962); settled in Australia (1962); Professor and Head, Department of Mathematics, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University (1962-1974); Non-Resident Fellow, Bruce Hall, Australian National University (since 1963); Visiting Lecturer and Professor, University of Wisconsin (1966-1967), then at University of Cambridge and Vanderbilt University (1969-1970); Visiting Fellow, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (1970); Honorary Fellow and Emeritus Professor, Australian National University (1975); Senior Research Fellow, Division of Mathematics and Statistics, CSIRO (1975-1977); Visiting Professor and Lecturer, University of Manitoba (1979); Honorary Research Fellow, Division of Mathematical and Information Sciences, CSIRO (1996)
Memberships:
Australian Mathematical Society (1994) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/03/1959 |
| Age at election | 49 |
| Relationships | Son of R Neumann.
Married: 1) (1938) Hanna (she died 1971); three sons, two daughters; 2) (24 December 1973) Dorothea Frieda Auguste |
| Source | Sources:
WWA1998
Biographies:
Biographical Memoirs of the Royal Society, Volume 56 2010, pp 285 - 316 by Cheryl L Praeger |
| Code | NA297 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1959/13 | Neumann, Bernhard Hermann: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/SGRS/8384 | Neumann, Bernhard Hermann | 1985 |
| IM/GA/WRS/8611 | Neumann, Bernhard Hermann | nd |
| RR/79/227 | Referee's report by Philip Hall, on a paper 'An essay on free products of groups with amalgamations' by Bernhard Hermann Neumann | 12 October 1953 |
| RR/79/228 | Referee's report by Kurt August Hirsch, on a paper 'An essay on free products of groups with amalgamations' by Bernhard Hermann Neumann | 13 November 1953 |
| RR/79/229 | Referee's report by Harry Work Melville, on a paper 'An essay on free products of groups with amalgamations' by Bernhard Hermann Neumann | 5 September 1953 |