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Werner Burau

German mathematician (1906-1994)
Person human Q1680092

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
December 31, 1906
Date of death
January 16, 1994
Place of birth
Olsztyn
Country of citizenship
Germany[6]
Occupation
mathematician, university teacher
Field of work
algebraic function, Algebraické křivky, integral, geometry[7][8][9][10]
Educated at
University of Königsberg[11]
Doctoral advisor
Kurt Reidemeister[12]
Doctoral student
Ismat Obeid[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[17]
Family name
Burau[15]
Given name
Werner[16]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Werner Burau de Rolf Werner Burau ko 베르너 부라우
🔖 Identifiers · 29
ISNI
0000000109980656
VIAF cluster ID
92171409
Library of Congress authority ID
n84802261
GND ID
117708836
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Werner Burau.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
90987637
CiNii Research ID
1140282266820969088
DDB person (GND) ID
117708836
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
117708836
FactGrid item ID
Keirut Wenzel
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120t41xj
Hamburger Professorinnen- und Professorenkatalog ID
00000549
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IdRef ID
094456909
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
117708836
Libraries Australia ID
35343901
MR Author ID
43330
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
21539
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00634768
NL CR AUT ID
mub20181005253
NLA Trove people ID
919048
NUKAT ID
n2003042727
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007456189605171
National Library of Latvia ID
000178676
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:CTu7;=Bp
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071372059
SHARE Catalogue author ID
534571
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhRHVQXfvYXwXY7yyJ4bd
Yale LUX ID
person/26d4d778-f07c-449a-b1f5-e10cb2ee2c5e
ZbMATH author ID
burau.werner

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Summary

Werner Burau was born on December 31, 1906[1], in Olsztyn[2]. He died on January 16, 1994[3]. He worked as a mathematician[4] and university teacher[5].

FAQs

Where was Werner Burau born?

Werner Burau's place of birth was Olsztyn[2].

What did Werner Burau do for work?

Werner Burau worked as a mathematician[4] and university teacher[5].

Where did Werner Burau go to school?

Werner Burau was educated at University of Königsberg[11].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . hpk.uni-hamburg.de. hpk.uni-hamburg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . hpk.uni-hamburg.de. hpk.uni-hamburg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Occupation → mathematician, university teacher
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