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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorMenahem Schiffer
Dates
September 24, 1911 – November 8, 1997
Authorized Form of Name
Schiffer, Menahem
Additional Forms of Names
Schiffer, M. M.
Biography
Abstract
Menahem Schiffer was Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University (1976-1997). Other institutional affiliations include Harvard University and Hebrew University. His research applied complex variables and conformal maping to hydrodynamics.
Important Dates
September 24, 1911Birth, Berlin (Germany).
1934Obtained MA, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
1938Obtained PhD in Mathematics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
1938 – 1946Senior Assistant (1938-1943) and Lecturer (1943-1946), Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
1946 – 1949Research Lecturer, Harvard University.
1949 – 1950Visiting Professor, Princeton University.
1950 – 1951Professor of Mathematics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
1951 – 1997Professor of Mathematics (1951-1976); Chair, Department of Mathematics (1953-1960); and Emeritus Professor of Mathematics (1976-1997), Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1970Member, National Academy of Sciences.
November 8, 1997Death.
Occupation
Mathematical physicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Bargmann, V. (Valentine), 1908-1989
Both employed at Princeton University.
Bridgman, P. W. (Percy Williams), 1882-1961
Both employed at Harvard University.
Eisenhart, Luther Pfahler, 1876-1965
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Mackey, George W. (George Whitelaw), 1916-2006
Both employed at Harvard University.
Wightman, A. S. (Arthur Strong), 1922-2013
Both employed at Princeton University.
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Both employed at Princeton University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Harvard University. Department of Mathematics
Research Lecturer.
Princeton University. Department of Mathematics
Visiting Professor.
Stanford University. Department of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics; Department Chair; and Emeritus Professor of Mathematics.
Universitah ha-'Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim
Obtained MA (1934) and PhD in Mathematics (1938). Senior Assistant; Lecturer; and Professor of Mathematics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Subject
Personal files of Hebrew University professors.
Central Archive.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Administration Building. Rm. 520. Mount Scopus Campus. The Hebrew University. Jerusalem. 91905
Published Resources
Author
Introduction to general relativity / by Ronald Adler, Maurice Bazin and Menahem Schiffer.