Nathan Divinsky
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Nathan Joseph Divinsky (born October 29, 1925) is a Canadian mathematician, chess master, and chess author, who is also known for being the former husband of the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, Kim Campbell. Divinsky and Campbell were married from 1972 to 1983.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Winnipeg in 1946. He received a Master of Science in 1947 and Ph.D. in 1950 from the University of Chicago. Divinsky represented Canada twice at the Chess Olympiads, in 1954 at Amsterdam, and in 1966 at Havana. He served for several years as editor of the magazine Canadian Chess Chat. Divinsky currently (2007) serves as Canada's representative to the World Chess Federation (FIDE), and is a member of the Canadian Chess Hall of Fame.
Divinsky served as a mathematics professor, and also as an assistant dean of science, at the University of British Columbia. He was also featured in many segments relating to mathematics and chess on a Discovery Channel Canada program called @ Discovery Canada, now called Daily Planet.
Divinsky has served on the Vancouver School Board and as an alderman on Vancouver's city council.
[edit] Selected bibliography
- The Batsford Encyclopedia of Chess, 1990. ISBN 0-7134-6214-0
- Life maps of the great chess masters, 1994.
- Warriors of the Mind: A Quest for the Supreme Genius of the Chess Board (with Raymond Keene), 1989, 2002. ISBN 0-9513757-2-5
[edit] References
- Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry. Retrieved on February 7, 2006.
