biography
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Brauer, Richard D(agobert)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1901–77)
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| biography:
| Mathematician, born in Berlin, Germany. Instrumental in the development of modern algebra, he emigrated to the USA for professional reasons (1933). A National Academy of Sciences member, he chaired the Harvard Mathematics Department (1959–63), was president of the American Mathematical Society, and was awarded the National Medal of Science (1971). |
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