Person

Neumann, Hanna (1914 - 1971)

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Born
12 February 1914
Lankwitz, Germany
Died
14 November 1971
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Occupation
Mathematician
Alternative Names
  • Neumann, Johanna (Also known as)

Summary

Hanna Neumann was Professor and Head of Department of Pure Mathematics, School of General Studies, Australian National University 1964-1971. Her husband Bernhard Neumann was also a mathematician and their collaborative work on aspects of group theory brought them international renown.

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Chronology

1936
Education - Completed studies at the University of Berlin, distinctions in physics and mathematics
1937
Life event - Migrated to England
1944
Education - Completed D Phil. in group theory at the Society of Home Students, Oxford, England
1946 - 1958
Career position - Lecturer, University of Hull, England
1958 - 1963
Career position - Lecturer, Mathematics Department of Manchester College of Science and Technology, England
1963
Life event - Migrated to Australia with husband Bernard Hermann Neumann, mathematician
1964 - 1971
Career position - Professor and Head of Department of Pure Mathematics, School of General Studies, Australian National University
1969
Career position - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Hanna Neumann - Records, 1964 - 1972, MS 088; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
  • Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Book Sections

  • Barnes, Mary, 'Hanna Neumann (1914-1971) mathematician' in 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Heather Radi, ed. (Sydney: Women's Redress Press Inc, 1988). Details
  • Fowler, Kenneth, 'Neumann, Johanna (1914-1971), Mathematician' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), p. 465. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150537b.htm. Details
  • Newman, Michael F., 'Hanna Neumann (1914-1971)' in Women of Mathematics: A Bibliographic Sourcebook, Louise S. Grinstein and Paul J. Campbell, eds (New York: Greenwood Press, 1987), pp. 156-160. Details

Edited Books

  • Radi, H. ed., 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology (Sydney: Women's Redress Press Inc, 1988), 268 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Newman, M. F.; and Wall, G. E., 'Hanna Neumann', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 3 (2) (1976), 57-87. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9760320057.htm. Details
  • Walker, Rosanne, 'Hanna Neumann (1914-1971)', Australasian Science, 22 (1) (2001), 46. Details
  • Wall, G. E., 'Hanna Neumann [Includes list of publications]', Journal of Australian Mathematical Society, 17 (1) (1974), 1-28. Details

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