Bernhard Neumann

Bernhard Hermann Neumann (15 Oct 1909, Berlin, Germany–20 Oct 2002, Canberra, Australia) was a German-born British mathematician who was one of the leading figures in group theory, greatly influencing the direction of the subject.

He earned a PhD at University of Cambridge 1935 and a DSc at University of Manchester 1954. His students included Gilbert Baumslag, László Kovács, Michael Newman, and James Wiegold.

Career

• Assistant Lecturer, University College, Cardiff, 1937–40.
• Army Service, 1940–45.
• Lecturer, University College, Hull, (now University of Hull), 1946–48
• Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, Manchester, 1948–61
• Professor and Head of Department of Mathematics, Institute of Advanced Studies, ANU, Canberra, 1962–74; Emeritus Professor, 1975–2002.
• Senior Research Fellow, CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, 1975–77; Honorary Research Fellow, 1978–99.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1959.

External references

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