Richard von Mises, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard von Mises

Austrian physicist and mathematician

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1883

Place of Birth: Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 14-Jul-1953

Profession: engineer, physicist, mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Richard Edler von Mises (German: [f?n 'mi?z?s]; 19 April 1883 – 14 July 1953) was an Austrian scientist and mathematician who worked on solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, statistics and probability theory.
He held the position of Gordon McKay Professor of Aerodynamics and Applied Mathematics at Harvard University.
He described his work in his own words shortly before his death as being on "...
practical analysis, integral and differential equations, mechanics, hydrodynamics and aerodynamics, constructive geometry, probability calculus, statistics and philosophy."Although best known for his mathematical work, Mises also contributed to the philosophy of science as a neo-positivist, following the line of Ernst Mach.
Historians of the Vienna Circle of logical empiricism recognize a "first phase" from 1907 through 1914 with Philipp Frank, Hans Hahn, and Otto Neurath.
His older brother, Ludwig von Mises, held an opposite point of view with respect to positivism and epistemology.During his time in Istanbul, Mises maintained close contact with Philipp Frank, a logical positivist and Professor of Physics in Prague until 1938.
His literary interests included the Austrian novelist Robert Musil and the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, on whom he became a recognized expert.