About Woldemar Weyl
Lived 1901 – 1975 (aged 73–74). Woldemar Weyl was an American chemist, university teacher and scientist.
Woldemar Anatol Weyl (1901 – July 30, 1975) was a German-born scientist.
Weyl taught at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute between 1932 and 1936, when he began traveling to the United States as a visiting professor at Pennsylvania State University. Due to the increasing influence of the Nazi Party, Weyl choose not to return to Germany and was offered full tenure at PSU in 1938. In 1960, Weyl and mathematician Haskell Curry were appointed to the first two Evan Pugh Professorships at Penn State. Weyl died in State College, Pennsylvania on July 30, 1975, aged 74.
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Who was Woldemar Weyl?
german-born scientist
When was Woldemar Weyl born?
Woldemar Weyl was born in 1901 in Germany, Darmstadt.
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Woldemar Weyl died on 30 July 1975 in State College.
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Woldemar Weyl was a chemist, university teacher and scientist.
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Woldemar Weyl was American.
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