Walter Ledermann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walter Ledermann

German and British mathematician

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1911

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 22-May-2009

Profession: mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Walter Ledermann FRSE (18 March 1911 Berlin, Germany – 22 May 2009 London, England) was a German and British mathematician who worked on matrix theory, group theory, homological algebra, number theory, statistics, and stochastic processes.
He was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1944. He taught at the universities of Dundee, St Andrews, Manchester, and finally Sussex.
At Sussex, Ledermann was appointed professor in 1965, where he continued to teach until he was 89.
He wrote various mathematics textbooks.