About Samuel Dickstein
Lived 1851 – 1939 (aged 88). Samuel Dickstein was a Polish and Russian mathematician, pedagogue, university teacher and historian.
Samuel Dickstein (12 May 1851 – 28 September 1939) was a Polish mathematician of Jewish origin. He was one of the founders of the Jewish party Zjednoczenie ("the union"), which advocated the assimilation of Polish Jews.
Biography He was born in Warsaw and was killed there by a German bomb at the beginning of World War II. All the members of his family were murdered during the Holocaust.
Work
Dickstein wrote many books on mathematics and founded the journal Wiadomości Mathematyczne (Mathematical News), now published by the Polish Mathematical Society. He was a bridge between the times of Cauchy and Poincaré and those of the Lwów School of Mathematics. He was also thanked by Alexander Macfarlane for contributing to the Bibliography of Quaternions (1904) published by the Quaternion Association.
He was also one of the personalities who contributed to the foundation of the Warsaw Public Library in 1907.
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Who was Samuel Dickstein?
Polish mathematician (1851-1939)
When was Samuel Dickstein born?
Samuel Dickstein was born on 12 May 1851 in Warsaw.
When did Samuel Dickstein die?
Samuel Dickstein died on 28 September 1939 in Warsaw.
What was Samuel Dickstein's occupation?
Samuel Dickstein was a mathematician, pedagogue, university teacher and historian.
What nationality was Samuel Dickstein?
Samuel Dickstein was Polish and Russian.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Samuel Dickstein (mathematician)
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