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Tobias Dantzig (Biography)

Tobias Dantzig (1884 - 1956) Latvian mathematician, the father of George Dantzig, author of Number: The Language of Science.

Dantzig began his formal studies in Paris with Henri Poincaré. With his wife he moved the United States where she bore him George. After earning a Ph.D. in mathematics from Indiana University, he taught at the University of Maryland.



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Cross-references: PH, United States, Henri Poincaré, language, number, George Dantzig
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AMS MSC: 01A55 (History and biography :: History of mathematics and mathematicians :: 19th century)
 01A60 (History and biography :: History of mathematics and mathematicians :: 20th century)
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