Gerhard Gentzen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerhard Gentzen

German mathematician

Date of Birth: 24-Nov-1909

Place of Birth: Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Date of Death: 04-Aug-1945

Profession: mathematician, pedagogue, university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Gerhard Karl Erich Gentzen (November 24, 1909 – August 4, 1945) was a German mathematician and logician.
He made major contributions to the foundations of mathematics, proof theory, especially on natural deduction and sequent calculus.
He died of starvation in a Soviet prison camp in Prague in 1945, having been interned as a German national after the Second World War.