Wilhelm Süss
Appearance
Wilhelm Süss | |
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![]() Wilhelm Süss, ca. 1954 | |
Born | Frankfurt, Germany | March 7, 1895
Died | May 21, 1958 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany | (aged 63)
Education | Goethe University Frankfurt |
Known for | MFO founder |
Spouse | Irmgard Deckert |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Greifswald University of Freiburg |
Thesis | Begründung der Inhaltslehre im Raum ohne Benutzung von Stetigkeitsaxiomen (1922) |
Doctoral advisor | Ludwig Bieberbach |
Wilhelm Süss (7 March 1895 – 21 May 1958) was a German mathematician. He was founder and first director of the Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach.
He was born in Frankfurt, Germany and died in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Süss earned a Ph.D. degree in 1922 from Goethe University Frankfurt, for a thesis written under the direction of Ludwig Bieberbach. In 1928 he took a lecturing position at the University of Greifswald, and in 1934 he became a Professor at the University of Freiburg.
Wilhelm Süss was a member of the Sturmabteilung, the National Socialist German Lecturers League, and of the Nazi Party.
In 1936–1940, he was an editor of the journal Deutsche Mathematik.
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