Alfréd Haar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfréd Haar

Hungarian mathematician

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1885

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 16-Mar-1933

Profession: mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Alfréd Haar (Hungarian: Haar Alfréd; 11 October 1885, Budapest – 16 March 1933, Szeged) was a Hungarian mathematician.
In 1904 he began to study at the University of Göttingen.
His doctorate was supervised by David Hilbert.
The Haar measure, Haar wavelet, and Haar transform are named in his honor.
Between 1912 and 1919 he taught at Franz Joseph University in Kolozsvár.
Together with Frigyes Riesz, he made the University of Szeged a centre of mathematics.
He also founded the Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum journal together with Riesz.