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Deutsch, Karl Wolfgang (1912–92)

Andrei S. Markovits

Andrei S. Markovits

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...Deutsch, Karl Wolfgang Karl Wolfgang Deutsch was born on 21 July 1912 in Prague, Austro-Hungary, to German-speaking parents. His father Martin was an optician and his mother Maria Scharf was one of the first female parliamentarians...

Wertheimer, Max (1880–1943)

David J. Murray

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...Wertheimer, Max Max Wertheimer was born on 15 April 1880 in the German-speaking enclave of Prague, Austro-Hungarian empire (now Czech Republic) and died on 12 October 1943 in New Rochelle, New York. After attending a Catholic elementary...

Polanyi, Michael (1891–1976)

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...Polanyi, Michael Michael Polanyi was born in Budapest on 11 March 1891 and died in Northampton on 22 February 1976. At the age of seventeen Polanyi began his medical studies at the University of Budapest. At the university, he and his...

Von Neumann, John Louis (1903–57)

Thomas Drucker

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...Von Neumann John von Neumann was born on 28 December 1903 in Budapest, Hungary, and he died on 8 February 1957 in Washington, D.C. His name at birth was Neumann János, in the Hungarian practice of putting the family name first. His father...

Harsanyi, John Charles (1920–2000)

David Sobel

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...John Harsanyi was born on 29 May 1920 in Budapest, Hungary. He shared the Nobel Prize in Economics of 1994 with John Nash and Reinhard Selten for his work in game theory. Harsanyi was educated in Budapest (at the same high school John Von...

Lukács, Georg (1885–1971)

Konstantinos Kavoulakos

Konstantinos Kavoulakos is with the Department of Philosophy and Social Studies, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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...Georg Lukács was born on April 13, 1885, in Budapest, Hungary. He was the second child of József Löwinger, a bank director, and Adele Wertheimer. He was recorded in the Jewish community registry as Bernát György Löwinger. In 1895 his father...

Lakatos, Imre (or Liposchitz or Molnar: 1922–74)

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...Imre Lakatos was born as Imre Liposchitz in Debrecen, Hungary on 9 November 1922 and died in London on 2 February 1974. He was educated at the University of Debrecen and graduated in mathematics, physics and philosophy in 1944. He changed...