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Arthur Erdélyi, born Arthur Diamant, was a mathematician and university teacher. He was educated at Brno University of Technology and held positions at the California Institute of Technology and the University of Edinburgh, where he served as chairperson. Erdélyi was a member of the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the Academy of Sciences of Turin. He received the distinctions of Fellow of the Royal Society and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Born in Budapest in 1908, Erdélyi was of Jewish ethnicity and spoke English, Hungarian, and German. He became a citizen of the United Kingdom. He died in Edinburgh in 1977. His work is recognized in the Royal Society collection.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arthur
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Place of death
- Edinburgh
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- chairperson
- Educated at
- Brno University of Technology
- Employer
- University of Edinburgh
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- Hungarian
- Field of work
- mathematics
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- member of
- Academy of Sciences of Turin
- date of birth
- 1908-10-02
- date of death
- 1977-12-12
- Erdős number
- 3
- birth name
- Arthur Diamant
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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