Fahmy Ibrahim Mikhail
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Professor Fahmy Ibrahim Mikhail (Arabic: فهمي ابراهيم ميخائيل) (died December 1998) was one of Egypt's eminent mathematicians during the period between the 1950s and the 1980s. He was a professor of mathematics in the faculty of science in the Ain Shams University [1].
He graduated from Faculty of Science at Cairo University; where he was taught by Professor Moustafa Mosharafa who was the leading Egyptian mathematician at the time.
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[edit] Research
Professor Mikhail gained his MSc from the University of Wales in 1949 and a PhD from University of London in 1952; afterwards he returned to Egypt where he was a professor of Mathematics at and at one stage the subdean of the Faculty of Science at Ain Shams University[2]
His work was mainly in the field of Albert Einstein work on the theory of relativity [3]and with his student and Later colleague Dr Mamdooh Wanas from Astronomy Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, on Generalized Field Theory[4] [5]
Professor Mikhail supervised many students during their research and his work was published in many international scientific journals[6]
[edit] Personal life
Professor Mikhail was married and had one son Ibrahim and one daughter Susan.
He passed away in December 1998.