About Leifur Ásgeirsson
Lived 1903 – 1990 (aged 87). Leifur Ásgeirsson was a mathematician.
Leifur Ásgeirsson (25 May 1903 – 19 August 1990) was the first Icelandic mathematician to gain major international recognition.
Education and career Leifur Ásgeirsson graduated in 1927 from Reykjavik Junior College and received his doctorate in 1933 from the University of Göttingen. His doctoral advisor was Richard Courant. From 1931 to 1943 Leifur Ásgeirsson was the head of a district school in Laugar, located in southwestern Iceland's Reykjadalur Valley east of Reykjavík. At the University of Iceland he was appointed in 1943 a lecturer in mathematics and in 1945 a full professor of mathematics.
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Who was Leifur Ásgeirsson?
Icelandic mathematician (1903-1990)
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Leifur Ásgeirsson was born on 25 May 1903 in Lundarreykjadalur, Skorradalshreppur.
When did Leifur Ásgeirsson die?
Leifur Ásgeirsson died on 19 August 1990.
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Leifur Ásgeirsson was a mathematician.
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