Background
Dinghas was born on February 9, 1908 in Smyrna (now İzmir), Turkey.
mathematician university professor
Dinghas was born on February 9, 1908 in Smyrna (now İzmir), Turkey.
Dinghas completed his secondary school and entered the National Technical University of Athens in 1925. He graduated with a diploma in electrical and mechanical engineering in 1930. He completed his doctorate in mathematics in 1936.
He studied under Erhard Schmidt.
He did his schooling in Smyrna. He and his family moved to Athens in 1922. In 1931 Dinghas began his studies at the University of Berlin in Berlin, Germany.
Dinghas was not a German and his career during the Nazi years was very difficult.
However, after the end of World World War II, his luck changed. He became professor of mathematics at the Humboldt University of Berlin in 1947.
From 1949 until his death he was a professor of mathematics at the Free University of Berlin and director of the Mathematical Institute there. Dinghas died on April 19, 1974 in Berlin, Germany.
Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities.