Background
Brauer, Richard Dagobert was born on February 10, 1901 in Berlin. Son of Max and Lilly Caroline (Jacob) Brauer.
Brauer, Richard Dagobert was born on February 10, 1901 in Berlin. Son of Max and Lilly Caroline (Jacob) Brauer.
Doctor of Philosophy summa cum laude, U. Berlin, 1925. Doctorate. Mathematics (honorary), University Waterloo, 1968. Doctor of Science, University Chicago, 1969, U. Notre Dame, 1974, Brandeis University, 1975.
Naturalized United States citizen, 1954. Privatdozent, U. Koenigsberg (Germany), 1927-1933. Visiting professor U. Kentucky, 1933-1934.
Assistant Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1934-1935.
Assistant professor of University Toronto, 1935-1943, associate professor, 1943-1946, professor, 1946-1948. Mathematics University of Michigan, 1948-1952.
Professor mathematics Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1952-1966, Perkins professor mathematics, 1966-1971, Perkins professor emeritus, 1971-1977. Visiting professor Nagoya University, 1959, University of Chicago, 1968-1969, 74, U. Aarhus, Denmark, 1972.
Gauss professor Akademie der Wissenschaften, Göttingen, 1964.
Fellow John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, 1941-1942. Member Royal Society Canada, American Mathematics Society (Cole prize 1949. Member), American Philosophical Society.
Married Ilse Karger, September 17, 1925. Children: George Ulrich, Fred Gunter.