Biographical entry Neumann, Bernhard Hermann (1909 - 2002)

Summary

Bernhard Hermann Neumann was Professor and Head of the Department of Mathematics, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra 1962-74. He was involved in editing several mathematical journals, including being editor and publisher of the IMU Canberra Circular from 1972 to 1996. His first wife was Hanna Neumann (qv). Neumann was educated at the universities of Freiburg, Berlin (Dr Phil) and Cambridge (PhD).

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1940 - 1945

Career position - Pioneer Corps RA Intelligence Corps

1946 - 1948

Career position - Lecturer at University College Hull, UK

1948 - 1961

Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecturer and Reader at the University of Manchester, UK

1949

Award - Wiskundig Genootschap te Amsterdam Prize received

1951

Award - Adams Prize received from the University of Cambridge, UK

1959 -

Award - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)

1962 - 1974

Career position - Professor and Head of the Department of Mathematics at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University

1963 - 1965

Career position - Foundation President of the Canberra Mathematical Association

1964 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1964 - 1966

Career position - President of the Australian Mathematical Society

1966 - 1968

Career position - Foundation President of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers

1966 - 1975

Career position - Chairman of the Australian National Committee for Mathematics

1967 - 1975

Career position - Chairman of the Australian Subcommission of the International Commission for Mathematical Instruction

1972 -

Career position - Editor and Publisher of IMU Canberra Circular

1975 -

Career position - Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University

1975 - 1977

Career position - Senior Research Fellow at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Mathematics and Statistics

1978 -

Career position - Honorary Research Fellow of the CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics

1978 - 1980

Career position - President of the Amateur Sinfonia of Canberra Inc.

1984

Career position - Matthew Flinders Lecturer delivered to the Australian Academy of Science

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• 'Neumann, Bernhard Hermann - Ms 171', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms171.html. Details
• Crompton, Bob, Interview with Professor Bernhard Neumann, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 18 February 1998, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/n/bn.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Neumann, B H', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-562714. Details
• Neumann, Bernhard, Interview with Professor Cheryl Praeger, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 10 November 1999, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/n/gn.html. Details