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Authorised form of nameNeumann; Bernhard Hermann (1909 - 2002)
Dates1909 - 2002
NationalityAustralian
Place of birthCharlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
Date of birth15/10/1909
Date of death21/10/2002
ActivityEducation:
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 categoryFellow
Date of election19/03/1959
Age at election49
RelationshipsSon of R Neumann.
Married: 1) (1938) Hanna (she died 1971); three sons, two daughters; 2) (24 December 1973) Dorothea Frieda Auguste
SourceSources:
WWA1998

Biographies:
Biographical Memoirs of the Royal Society, Volume 56 2010, pp 285 - 316 by Cheryl L Praeger
CodeNA297
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1959/13Neumann, Bernhard Hermann: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/GA/SGRS/8384Neumann, Bernhard Hermann1985
IM/GA/WRS/8611Neumann, Bernhard Hermannnd
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