Person

Behrend, Felix Adalbert (1911 - 1962)

Born: 23 April 1911
Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
Died: 27 May 1962
Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Mathematician

Summary

Felix Behrend was Associate Professor in Mathematics at the University of Melbourne 1954-1962. He introduced modern general topology to the university.

Details

Born Berlin, 23 April 1911. Died Richmond, Victoria, 27 May 1962. Educated University of Berlin (PhD 1933). ScD, Charles University of Prague 1938. Pursued mathematical research at Cambridge, Zurich, Prague and finally in London, where he was detained at the outbreak of war and sent to Australia; period of internment at Hay, Orange and Tatura; tutor, Mathematics Department, University of Melbourne 1942-43, lecturer 1943-48, senior lecturer 1948-54, associate professor 1954-62. Commemorated by the Behrend memorial lecture in mathematics, established at the University of Melbourne in 1963 with funds provided by his widow.

Related Corporate Bodies

The University of Melbourne (1853 - )
Felix Behrend was Associate Professor in Mathematics at the University of Melbourne from1954 to 1962.

Date: 1954 - 1962

Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

Felix Adalbert Behrend - Records, 1929 - 1959; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

Cross, J. J., 'Behrend, Felix Adalbert (1911-1962), mathematican' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), p. 154. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130180b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

Lausch, Hans, 'Felix Adalbert Behrend and Mathematics in Camp 7, Hay, 1940-41', Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, 14 (1) (1997), 110-119. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1403334. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/755350. Details
'Behrend, Felix Adalbert', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465105. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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