Died 1965-10-15.
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Abraham Fraenkel
Abraham Fraenkel was a German-born Israeli mathematician. He was an early Zionist and the first Dean of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is known for his contributions to axiomatic set theory, especially his additions to Ernst Zermelo's axioms, which resulted in the Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory.
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science · German-Israeli mathematician and Zionist (1891–1965) · mathematician · university teacher · also Abraham Fraenkel, Adolf Abraham Halevi Fraenkel, Fraenkel
Born 17 February 1891 · Died 15 October 1965 · Q61043
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1962· 1 entry
Awarded Rothschild Prize (1962).
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1956· 2 entries
Awarded Israel Prize (1956).
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Fraenkel was awarded the Israel Prize, for exact sciences
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1933· 1 entry
(after losing his job in Germany due to the "Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service"), Fraenkel changed his name from Adolf (Hitler's first name) to Abraham
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1928· 1 entry
Fraenkel taught at Kiel University for a year
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1922· 1 entry
And 1925, he published two papers that sought to improve Zermelo's axiomatic system; the result is the Zermelo–Fraenkel axioms
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1920· 1 entry
And 1930 about Gauss's works in algebra, and he published a biography of Georg Cantor
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1914· 1 entry
Studied at University of Marburg (1913–1914).
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1913· 1 entry
Studied at University of Wrocław (1912–1913).
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1912· 1 entry
Studied at Frederick William University Berlin (1911–1912).
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1911· 1 entry
Studied at University of Marburg (1910–1911).
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1910· 1 entry
Studied at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (1909–1910).
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1909· 1 entry
Studied at Luitpold-Gymnasium (1909).
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1891· 1 entry
Born 1891-02-17.
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