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Authorised form of nameKlein; Christian Felix (1849 - 1925)
Dates1849 - 1925
NationalityGerman
Place of birthDusseldorf, Germany
Date of birth25 April 1849
Place of deathGottingen, Germany
Date of death22/06/1925
Research fieldMathematics
ActivityCareer:
Professor of Mathematics, Erlangen (1872-1975); Professor of Mathematics, Munich (1875-1880); Professor of Mathematics, Leipzig (1880-1886); Professor of Mathematics, Gottingen (1886-1925)
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election10/12/1885
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1912
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1928 vol 121 pp i-xix, plate, signed by W H Y
References:
Patricia Rothman, 'Grace Chisholm Young and the Division of Laurels' in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 89-100
G V R Born, FRS, 'The wide-ranging family history of Max Born' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 219-262
CodeNA5396
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1885/19Klein, Christian Felix: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/1/95Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Christian Felix Klein24 March 1886
NLB/12/510Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Klein, Fellow of the Royal Society3 March 1896
NLB/12/843Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Dr Christian Felix Klein, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Weender Chaussee, 6, Gottingen, Germany16 May 1896
NLB/34/630Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Felix Klein, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Wilhelm Weber Strasse 3, Gottingen, Germany[February 1907]
NLB/30/629Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Dr [Christian] Felix Klein, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Wilheim-Weber Strasse 3, Gottingen19 April 1905
NLB/38/33Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [Christian Felix] Klein, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Wilhelm Weber Strasse 3, Gottingen4 June 1908
NLB/47/162Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor Felix Klein, For Mem RS9 December 1912
NLB/68/435Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Henry] Young, FRS11 July 1925
NLB/69/793Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [William Henry] Young, FRS18 October 1926
NLB/68/556Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Henry] Young, FRS7 August 1925
NLB/70/738Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Henry] Young, FRS15 July 1927
NLB/71/515Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [William Henry] Young, FRS22 June 1928
NLB/71/405Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [William Henry] Young, FRS3 May 1928
NLB/71/819Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [William Henry] Young8 November 1928
NLB/71/779Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [William Henry] Young, FRS31 October 1928
MC/17Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1897-1899
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