Difference between revisions of "Selig Brodetsky"

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-'''Selig Brodetsky''' (10 February 1888, [[Olviopol]], [[Russia]]-18 May 1954) was a [[Great Britain|British]] Professor of Mathematics.
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-==Education==
-* [[Jews' Free School]], London
-* [[Central Foundation School]], London
-* Trinity College, [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]] (senior wrangler, 1908)
-* [[Leipzig University]] (PhD)
-==Career==
-* Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, [[University of Bristol]], 1914-1919
-* Reader, 1920-1924; Professor, 1924-1948 then [[Emeritus Professor]] of Applied Mathematics, [[University of Leeds]]
-* President of the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] and Chairman of its Executive Council, 1949-1951
-==Other posts==
-* Member of the Executive, Zionist World Organisation and Jewish Agency for Palestine
-* Honorary President, Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland
-* Honorary President, World Maccabi Union
-* President, [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]]
-He was a Fellow of the [[Royal Astronomical Society]], [[Royal Aeronautical Society]] and [[Institute of Physics]].
-His sister Rachel married Rabbi [[Solomon Mestel]]; their son is [[Leon Mestel]].
-==References==
-* Who's Who (UK)
-* Dictionary of National Biography
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-[[Category:Academics]]