BERNHARD NEUMANN

'Bernhard Hermann Neumann' (15 Oct 1909, Berlin, Germany20 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.

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★ 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.

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