Died 1971-06-03.
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Heinz Hopf was a German mathematician who worked on the fields of dynamical systems, topology and geometry.
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Born 19 November 1894 · Died 3 June 1971 · Q78448
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Died 1971-06-03.
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Awarded Lobachevsky Prize (1969).
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Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1964).
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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1961, and the American Philosophical Society in 1963
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Career landmark: chairperson (1955–1958).
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Was elected a corresponding member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences
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And a Plenary Speaker at the ICM in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1950
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Hopf took Hermann Weyl's position at ETH, in Zürich
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Declined a job offer from Princeton University
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Studied at Princeton University (1927–1928).
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Studied at University of Göttingen (1925–1926).
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Hopf moved back to Berlin, where he gave a course in combinatorial topology
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Studied at Frederick William University Berlin (1920–1925).
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Studied at Heidelberg University (1919–1920).
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Awarded Iron Cross (1918).
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Studied at University of Wrocław (1913–1914).
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Entered the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelm University where he attended lectures by Ernst Steinitz, Adolf Kneser, Max Dehn, Erhard Schmidt, and Rudolf Sturm
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Born 1894-11-19.
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