About Erhard Schmidt
Lived 1876 – 1959 (aged 83). Erhard Schmidt was a German mathematician and university teacher.
Erhard Schmidt (13 January 1876 – 6 December 1959) was a Baltic German mathematician whose work significantly influenced the direction of mathematics in the twentieth century. Schmidt was born in Tartu , in the Governorate of Livonia (now Estonia).
Mathematics His advisor was David Hilbert
After the war, in 1948, Schmidt founded and became the first editor-in-chief of the journal .
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German mathematician (1876–1959)
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Erhard Schmidt was born on 13 January 1876 in Tartu.
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Erhard Schmidt died on 6 December 1959 in Berlin.
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Erhard Schmidt was a mathematician and university teacher.
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Erhard Schmidt was German.
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