Max Dehn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Max Dehn

German-American mathematician

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1878

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 27-Jun-1952

Profession: mathematician, university teacher, historian of mathematics, topologist

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Max Wilhelm Dehn (November 13, 1878 – June 27, 1952) was a German mathematician most famous for his work in geometry, topology and geometric group theory.
Born to a Jewish family in Germany, Dehn's early life and career took place in Germany.
However, he was forced to retire in 1935 and eventually fled Germany in 1939 and emigrated to the United States. Dehn was a student of David Hilbert, and in his habilitation in 1900 Dehn resolved Hilbert's third problem, making him the first to resolve one of Hilbert's well-known 23 problems.
Dehn's students include Ott-Heinrich Keller, Ruth Moufang, Wilhelm Magnus, and the artist Dorothea Rockburne.