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Wilhelm Klingenberg

German mathematician (1924-2010)
Person human Q95424

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[23]
Date of birth
January 28, 1924
Date of death
October 14, 2010
Place of birth
Rostock
Place of death
Röttgen
Country of citizenship
Germany[8]
Occupation
mathematician, university teacher, writer
Employer
University of Bonn, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Wehrmacht, Kiel University, Sapienza University of Rome, University of Göttingen, Indiana University Bloomington, Institute for Advanced Study[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Field of work
differential geometry[9]
Educated at
Kiel University, Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium[18][19]
Notable work
Tibet: Erfahrungen auf dem Dach der Welt[21]
Doctoral advisor
Karl-Heinrich Weise[20]
Doctoral student
Hans Werner Ballmann, Ursula Hamenstädt, Wolfgang Ziller, Wolfgang Meyer, Ernst Heintze, Gudlaugur Thorbergsson, Peter Klein, Heinrich Schüth, Mohamed Marzouk, Jost-Hinrich Eschenburg, Xiao-Wei Peng, Matthias Hamburg, Peter Flaschel, Karl-Adolf Schmitt, Helmut Viesel, Halldór Ingimar Elíasson, Hans-Bert Rademacher, Gerhard Knieper, Diether Craemer, Hans Axel Mentges, Anton Thimm[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]
Work location
Mainz, Bonn[40][41]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German, English[43][44]
Academic thesis
Zur affinen Differentialgeometrie[42]
Birth name
Wilhelm Paul Albert Klingenberg[45]
Family name
Klingenberg[38]
Given name
Wilhelm[39]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of
Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz[22]
Name in native language
Wilhelm Klingenberg[46]
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🔖 Identifiers · 37
ISNI
0000000108566293
VIAF cluster ID
36991170
Library of Congress authority ID
n82072830
GND ID
119135884
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Wilhelm Klingenberg.jpg ↗
All-Russian Mathematical Portal ID
52078
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12342355c
CONOR.SI ID
126188643
DDB person (GND) ID
119135884
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119135884
FAST ID
1757352
FactGrid item ID
Castra Quintana
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Freebase ID
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Gutenberg Biographics ID
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Hamburger Professorinnen- und Professorenkatalog ID
00000828
IdRef ID
03238324X
KBR person ID
13935434
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119135884
Kallías ID
PE00153628
Libris-URI
75knwd9r40k977b
MR Author ID
194248
MacTutor biography ID
Klingenberg
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
21258
NL CR AUT ID
xx0000541
NUKAT ID
n95402612
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007339611705171
National Virtual Library of India ID
158904
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069195110
Obálky knih ID
xx0000541
Prabook ID
1306263
SBN author ID
PUVV019000
SELIBR ID
395603
SHARE Catalogue author ID
42056
Scopus author ID
57202447641
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/01f1d166-291f-472d-8978-4208cb7ae654
ZbMATH author ID
klingenberg.wilhelm-p-a

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🔗 Connections
Employer 8
Wehrmacht, University of Göttingen, Sapienza University of Rome, Indiana University Bloomington, University of Bonn, Kiel University, Institute for Advanced Study, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Occupation 3
writer, mathematician, university teacher
Doctoral student 2
Ursula Hamenstädt, Hans Werner Ballmann
Doctoral students 2
Ursula Hamenstädt, Hans Werner Ballmann
Educated at 2
Kiel University, Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, German
Work location 2
Bonn, Mainz
Country of citizenship 1
Germany
Doctoral advisor 1
Karl-Heinrich Weise
Doctoral advisors 1
Karl-Heinrich Weise
Field of work 1
differential geometry
Given name 1
Wilhelm
Instance of 1
human
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of 1
Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz
Place of birth 1
Rostock
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Wilhelm Klingenberg was born on January 28, 1924[1], in Rostock[2]. He died on October 14, 2010[3], in Röttgen[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5], university teacher[6], and writer[7].

Why It Matters

Wilhelm Klingenberg's notable doctoral advisees include Ursula Hamenstädt[47], a mathematician[48], b. 1961[49], of Germany[50], awarded the Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[51] and Hans Werner Ballmann[52], a mathematician[53], b. 1951[54], of Germany[55], awarded the Gauss Lectureship[56], specialised in differential geometry[57].

FAQs

Where was Wilhelm Klingenberg born?

Wilhelm Klingenberg's place of birth was Rostock[2].

Where did Wilhelm Klingenberg die?

Wilhelm Klingenberg passed away in Röttgen[4].

What did Wilhelm Klingenberg do for work?

Wilhelm Klingenberg worked as a mathematician[5], university teacher[6], and writer[7].

Where did Wilhelm Klingenberg go to school?

Wilhelm Klingenberg was educated at Kiel University[18] and Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium[19].

Related Entities

Germany Institute for Advanced Study

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [18] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  11. [10] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
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  13. [12] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. books.google.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
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  16. [15] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . ias.edu. ias.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  26. [30] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  27. [31] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  28. [32] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  29. [33] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  30. [34] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  31. [35] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  32. [36] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  33. [37] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  34. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [1] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [3] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [42] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  43. [43] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  44. [44] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  45. [45] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  46. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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