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Alfred Loewy

mathematician (1873–1935)
Person human Q95665

Facts

29 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
June 20, 1873
Date of death
January 25, 1935
Place of birth
Rawicz
Place of death
Freiburg im Breisgau
Country of citizenship
Germany[8]
Ethnic group
Jewish people[9]
Occupation
mathematician, university teacher
Employer
University of Freiburg[11]
Field of work
mathematics[10]
Educated at
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München[12]
Religion or worldview
Judaism[19]
Notable work
Loewy decomposition, Loewy ring[15][16]
Doctoral advisor
Ferdinand von Lindemann, Gustav Bauer[13][14]
Doctoral student
Wolfgang Krull, Friedrich Karl Schmidt, Robert Breusch, Walther Rückert, Paul Louis Lorenz, Hedwig Wolff[21][22][23][24][25][26]
Work location
Freiburg im Breisgau[29]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[33]
Academic thesis
Wikidata item[30]
Described by source
Neue Deutsche Biographie[32]
Family name
Loewy[27]
Given name
Alfred[28]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[35]
Member of
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities[17][18]
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Name in native language
Alfred Loewy[34]
P14536
426148
P14927
117190365
Place of burial
Jewish cemetery, Freiburg im Breisgau[7]
Relative
Abraham Fraenkel[31]
🏷️ Also known as
en Alfred Loewy ar ألفريد لوي cs A. Loewy he אלפרד לוי zh 阿爾弗雷德·洛威
🔖 Identifiers · 42
ISNI
0000000079756476
VIAF cluster ID
54919580
Library of Congress authority ID
n84804922
GND ID
117190365
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Alfred Loewy.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
1100818
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
10912523f
CANTIC ID
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CiNii Research ID
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CoBiS author ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
117190365
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
117190365
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FAST ID
135497
FactGrid item ID
Bobr
Freebase ID
/m/0g5p_yl
Geni.com profile ID
6000000000508674358
HAdW member ID
765
IdRef ID
083809333
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
117190365
Leopoldina member ID (new)
alfred-loewy
MR Author ID
489889
MacTutor biography ID
Loewy
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
5119
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA10631879
NL CR AUT ID
xx0202420
NUKAT ID
n2010304820
National Library of Greece ID
141460
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007264628805171
National Library of Latvia ID
000289885
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:5DD;=iy
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073136115
Open Library ID
OL2328540A
Prabook ID
2567964
RERO ID (legacy)
A009198327
SHARE Catalogue author ID
19736
Scopus author ID
16655308500
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058515475706706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1284678
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/215449
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/e6831fc0-8c23-4862-af50-e6353a5bcd22
ZbMATH author ID
loewy.alfred

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Doctoral advisor 2
Ferdinand von Lindemann, Gustav Bauer
Doctoral advisors 2
Ferdinand von Lindemann, Gustav Bauer
Doctoral student 2
Wolfgang Krull, Friedrich Karl Schmidt
Doctoral students 2
Wolfgang Krull, Friedrich Karl Schmidt
Member of 2
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Occupation 2
mathematician, university teacher
Country of citizenship 1
Germany
Educated at 1
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Employer 1
University of Freiburg
Ethnic group 1
Jewish people
FactGrid item ID 1
Bobr
Field of work 1
mathematics
Given name 1
Alfred
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Rawicz
Place of death 1
Freiburg im Breisgau
Relative 1
Abraham Fraenkel
Religion or worldview 1
Judaism
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
Freiburg im Breisgau
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Summary

Alfred Loewy was born on June 20, 1873[1], in Rawicz[2]. He died on January 25, 1935[3], in Freiburg im Breisgau[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].

Why It Matters

Alfred Loewy's notable doctoral advisees include Wolfgang Krull[36], a mathematician[37], 1899–1971[38], of Germany[39], specialised in mathematics[40] and Friedrich Karl Schmidt[41], a mathematician[42], 1901–1977[43], of Germany[44], specialised in mathematics[45].

FAQs

Where was Alfred Loewy born?

Alfred Loewy was born in Rawicz[2].

Where did Alfred Loewy die?

Alfred Loewy passed away in Freiburg im Breisgau[4].

What did Alfred Loewy do for work?

Alfred Loewy worked as a mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].

Where did Alfred Loewy go to school?

Alfred Loewy was educated at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München[12].

Related Entities

Ferdinand von Lindemann Germany mathematics Rawicz

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . badische-zeitung.de. badische-zeitung.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . Google Books. books.google.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [1] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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