File:Hilbert.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ41585· pop 163· linked from 970 articles

David Hilbert

Sign in to save

Also known as Hilbert

German mathematician (1862–1943)

OverviewAI-generated

David Hilbert was a male mathematician and university teacher born in 1862 and died in 1943. He worked in the fields of mathematics, number theory, mathematical philosophy, and mathematical logic. He held nationalities associated with DE, IT, and XX, and spoke German.

His work is recognized in the Royal Society collection. He has an Erdős number of 4.

Synthesized by Vinony from 13 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, VIAF, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan: 1862–1943
Nationality: DE, IT, XX
Role / Field: Mathematiciens, Vysokoskolsti ucitele, Pracownice i pracownicy naukowi, Matematycy, Matematikis, Matematika
Language: ger, deu
Gender: Male

Recorded by 35 libraries

via VIAF · OCLC

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: David
Gender: male
Citizenship: Nazi Germany
Place of birth: Kaliningrad
Place of death: Göttingen
Educated at: Collegium Fridericianum
Employer: University of Göttingen
Languages spoken: German
Award: Goethe Medal for Art and Science
Notable work: Hilbert's basis theorem
Academic degree: doctorate
Doctoral advisor: Heinrich Martin Weber
Doctoral student: Hyman Levy
Field of work: mathematical physics
Image: Hilbert.jpg
Work location: Göttingen
Residence: Germany

Show 21 more facts

member of: American Philosophical Society
place of burial: Göttingen City Cemetery
Commons category: David Hilbert
date of birth: 1862-01-23
date of death: 1943-02-14
topic's main category: Category:David Hilbert
Commons gallery: David Hilbert
Erdős number: 4
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Physics
name in native language: David Hilbert
ethnic group: Germans
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
ACM Classification Code (2012): 10011384
influenced by: Immanuel Kant
writing language: German
interested in: configuration
medical condition: pernicious anemia
student: Otto Blumenthal
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics
P8168: Blenniella bilitonensis
archives at: Göttingen State and University Library

Sources (10)

via Wikidata · CC0

Gallery (10)

Available in 133 languages

Show 114 more

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0