George Pólya, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Pólya

Hungarian mathematician

Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1887

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 07-Sep-1985

Profession: physicist, mathematician, university teacher, statistician

Nationality: Hungary, United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

George Pólya (; Hungarian: Pólya György ['po?j? '?ør?]) (December 13, 1887 – September 7, 1985) was a Hungarian mathematician.
He was a professor of mathematics from 1914 to 1940 at ETH Zürich and from 1940 to 1953 at Stanford University.
He made fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory.
He is also noted for his work in heuristics and mathematics education.
He has been described as one of The Martians.