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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000218b.htm person Behrend Felix Adalbert AACR2 23 April 1911 27 May 1962 Place of Birth Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany Place of Death Richmond, Victoria, Australia Mathematician Felix Behrend was Associate Professor in Mathematics at the University of Melbourne 1954-1962. He introduced modern general topology to the university.

Born Berlin, 23 April 1911. Died Richmond, Victoria, 27 May 1962. Educated University of Berlin (PhD 1933). ScD, Charles University of Prague 1938. Pursued mathematical research at Cambridge, Zurich, Prague and finally in London, where he was detained at the outbreak of war and sent to Australia; period of internment at Hay, Orange and Tatura; tutor, Mathematics Department, University of Melbourne 1942-43, lecturer 1943-48, senior lecturer 1948-54, associate professor 1954-62. Commemorated by the Behrend memorial lecture in mathematics, established at the University of Melbourne in 1963 with funds provided by his widow.

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - ) 1954 1962

Felix Behrend was Associate Professor in Mathematics at the University of Melbourne from1954 to 1962.

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 'Behrend, Felix Adalbert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Behrend, Felix Adalbert Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Felix Adalbert Behrend and Mathematics in Camp 7, Hay, 1940-41 Lausch, Hans Felix Adalbert Behrend and Mathematics in Camp 7, Hay, 1940-41 1997 Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal 14 1 110-119 Book Section: Behrend, Felix Adalbert (1911-1962), mathematician Cross, J. J. Behrend, Felix Adalbert (1911-1962), mathematician Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 154 Felix Adalbert Behrend - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Felix Adalbert Behrend - Records 1929 - 1959 Notebooks kept while a student in Berlin; material relating to mathematics course given by Behrend while interned; lecture and research notes 1942 - late 1950s; overall dates 1929-59 [90 cm]. 0.9 m