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Leonard Blumenthal

1901 – 1984

American mathematician

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Lived 1901 – 1984 (aged 82–83). Leonard Blumenthal was an American mathematician and university teacher.

Leonard Mascot Blumenthal (February 27, 1901 – August 1984) was a Jewish American mathematician.

Career He received his Ph.D. in 1927 from Johns Hopkins University, under the supervision of Frank Morley; his dissertation was titled Lagrange Resolvents in Euclidean Geometry.

He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study from 1933 to 1936. According to the Mathematics Genealogy Project, he had 18 Ph.D. students at Missouri, among them Leroy Milton Kelly and William Arthur Kirk; he is the academic ancestor of over 80 mathematicians.

Legacy The Leonard M. Blumenthal Distinguished Professorship in Mathematics at the University of Missouri was established in 1992 in honor of Blumenthal. This endowed chair is given on a five-year rotating basis to Missouri mathematics professors; the Blumenthal Professors at Missouri have included John Beem, Mark Ashbaugh, Alex Koldobsky, and Zhenbo Qin. The American Mathematical Society also issued the Blumenthal Award in his honor.

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Died
1984
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Education
Johns Hopkins University
Employers
University of Missouri, Leiden University
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Leonard Mascot Blumenthal

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Who was Leonard Blumenthal?

American mathematician (1901–1984)

When was Leonard Blumenthal born?

Leonard Blumenthal was born on 27 February 1901 in Athens.

When did Leonard Blumenthal die?

Leonard Blumenthal died in 1984.

What was Leonard Blumenthal's occupation?

Leonard Blumenthal was a mathematician and university teacher.

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Leonard Blumenthal was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Leonard Blumenthal

· Wikidata: Q3709241

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