Wilhelm Süss

Wilhelm Süss
Wilhelm Süss, ca. 1954
Born	(1895-03-07)March 7, 1895 Frankfurt, Germany
Died	May 21, 1958(1958-05-21) (aged 63) Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Education	Goethe University Frankfurt
Known for	Founder of the Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach
Spouse(s)	Irmgard Deckert
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Greifswald University of Freiburg
Thesis	Begründung der Inhaltslehre im Raum ohne Benutzung von Stetigkeitsaxiomen (1922)
Doctoral advisor	Ludwig Bieberbach

Wilhelm Süss (7 March 1895 – 21 May 1958) was a German mathematician. He was founder and first director of the Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach.

Biography[]

He was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and died in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.

Süss earned a Ph.D. degree in 1922 from Goethe University Frankfurt, for a thesis written under the direction of Ludwig Bieberbach. In 1928 he took a lecturing position at the University of Greifswald, and in 1934 he became a Professor at the University of Freiburg.

Wilhelm Süss was a member of the Sturmabteilung, the National Socialist German Lecturers League, and the Nazi Party.

In 1936–1940, he was an editor of the journal Deutsche Mathematik.

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External links[]

• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Wilhelm Süss", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews
• Wilhelm Süss at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

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