| Authorised form of name | Godel; Kurt (1906 - 1978) |
| Dates | 1906 - 1978 |
| Place of birth | Brunn, Moravia [now Brno, Czech Republic] |
| Date of birth | 28/04/1906 |
| Place of death | Princeton, New Jersey, USA |
| Date of death | 14/01/1978 |
| Research field | Mathematical logic |
| Set theory |
| General relativity |
| Activity | Career:
Discovered the Godel Incompleteness Theorem (1931)
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 25/04/1968 |
| Age at election | 61 |
| Source | Sources:
DSB vol 17 pp 348-357
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1980 vol 26 pp 149-224, plate, by G Kreisel
References:
Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 'Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) After Twenty Years', essay review in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 280-306 |
| Code | NA6742 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/001686 | Godel, Kurt | nd |
| EC/1968/35 | Godel, Kurt: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |