Wilhelm Süss, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilhelm Süss

German mathematician

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1895

Place of Birth: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 21-May-1958

Profession: mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: Germany, German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Wilhelm Süss (7 March 1895 – 21 May 1958) was a German mathematician.
He was founder and first director of the Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany and died in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Süss earned a Ph.D.
degree in 1922 from Goethe University Frankfurt, for a thesis written under the direction of Ludwig Bieberbach.
In 1928 he took a lecturing position at the University of Greifswald, and in 1934 he became a Professor at the University of Freiburg. Wilhelm Süss was a member of the Sturmabteilung, the National Socialist German Lecturers League, and of the Nazi Party. In 1936–1940, he was an editor of the journal Deutsche Mathematik.