Leopold Schmetterer

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Leopold Schmetterer

Born	(1919-11-08)November 8, 1919 Vienna, Austria
Died	August 23, 2004(2004-08-23) (aged 84)
Doctoral advisor	Nikolaus Hofreiter

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

Leopold Karl Schmetterer (8 November 1919 in Vienna; died 23 August 2004 in Gols) was an Austrian mathematician working on analysis, probability, and statistics.

Decorations and awards

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1975: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
1976: Science Award of the City of Vienna
1981: Austrian State Prize for Science Policy (Ludwig Boltzmann Prize)
1984: Erwin Schrödinger Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

References

Leopold Schmetterer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
Friedrich Pukelsheim: Leopold Schmetterer 8.11.1919–24.8.2004, Jahrbuch der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2004, 317–320.
O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Leopold Schmetterer", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews .

Persondata
Name	Schmetterer, Leopold
Alternative names
Short description	Austrian mathematician
Date of birth	8 November 1919
Place of birth	Vienna
Date of death	23 August 2004
Place of death	Gols (town)

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