About Karl Schlesinger
Lived 1889 – 1938 (aged 49). Karl Schlesinger was an Austrian economist and banker.
Karl Schlesinger (January 19, 1889 – March 12, 1938) was an Austrian-Hungarian economist and banker.
He was born in Budapest. Schlesinger's work, which made significant use of mathematics, would go on to be influential, but it was not received well by his fellow contemporary Austrian economists. He hired Karl Menger as his tutor in mathematics in 1931 and hired Abraham Wald in 1932 as his tutor. Schlesinger was Jewish.
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Who was Karl Schlesinger?
Austrian economist and banker
When was Karl Schlesinger born?
Karl Schlesinger was born on 19 January 1889 in Budapest.
When did Karl Schlesinger die?
Karl Schlesinger died on 12 March 1938 in Vienna.
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Karl Schlesinger was an economist and banker.
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Karl Schlesinger was Austrian.
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