Legal name: Gruenberg, Karl Walter
Birthdate: 1928-06-03
Date of death: 2007-10-10
Gender: male
Education: Shaftesbury Grammar School, Dorset, England, UK
Kilburn Grammar School, London, England, UK
University of Cambridge (Magdalene College - BA, PhD)
Occupations: academic
mathematician
Holocaust survivor
Relationships: Hall, Philip (thesis advisor)
Short biography: Came to England at the age of 10. Studied under Philip Hall at Cambridge. Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics, Queen Mary College (later Queen Mary and Westfield), London University 1953-55, Lecturer 1957-61, Reader 1961-67, Professor of Pure Mathematics 1967-93 (Emeritus); Commonwealth Fund Fellow 1955-57; twice married (one son, one daughter). His particular interest in algebra was group theory, on which he published three books and numerous papers. For a good non-technical obituary see http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obi...
Nationality: Austria (birth)
UK
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Places of residence: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Place of death: London, England, UK
Associated Place (for map): England, UK

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