Karel deLeeuw

American mathematician (1930-1978)
Person Human Q6369401

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
February 20, 1930
Date of death
August 18, 1978
Place of birth
Chicago
Place of death
Stanford
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Doctoral advisor
Emil Artin[13]
Doctoral student
Alan H. Schoenfeld, Donald Ray Sherbert, Ronald Larsen, Loren David Meeker, Haskell Paul Rosenthal, Mark Daniel Meyerson, Larry Alvin Edison, David Lee Armacost, Martin Engert, Alan Stuart Gleit, Eugene Lewis Goldberg, Liang-Shin Hahn, Alan Lavergne, Eugene Tsung Yuan Lee, Jeremy Stone, Ju-Kwei Wang[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
Cause of death
blunt trauma[29]
Family name
deLeeuw[30]
Given name
Karel[31]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[33]
Manner of death
homicide[32]
🏷️ Also known as
en Karel deLeeuw de Karel de Leeuw zh 卡雷爾·德·萊烏
🔖 Identifiers · 10
VIAF cluster ID
217541481
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2012161902
GND ID
173237207
Freebase ID
/m/071qjp
MR Author ID
491732
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
14684
Prabook ID
2296682
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJw4DkhTxRdVpcDgtKth73
ZbMATH author ID
deleeuw.karel

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Summary

Karel deLeeuw was born on February 20, 1930[1], in Chicago[2]. He died on August 18, 1978[3], in Stanford[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].

FAQs

Where was Karel deLeeuw born?

Karel deLeeuw's place of birth was Chicago[2].

Where did Karel deLeeuw die?

Karel deLeeuw died in Stanford[4].

What did Karel deLeeuw do for work?

Karel deLeeuw worked as a mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].

Where did Karel deLeeuw go to school?

Karel deLeeuw was educated at Princeton University[11] and Illinois Institute of Technology[12].

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  8. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Place of birth → Chicago
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    Date of birth → February 20, 1930
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