Short biography of A. M. OstrowskiBorn on September 25, 1893 in Kiev1911 Private lessons with Dimitrii Aleksandrowitsch Graves, founder of the Russian school of algebra 1913 First publication on Galois fields Studies of mathematics in Marburg, prisoner of war 1918 Studies in Göttingen 1920 Graduation under the guidance of Hilbert and Landau 1920-22 Assistant of to Hecke in Hamburg 1922 Habilitation in Hamburg 1923 Privat Docent in Göttingen Visiting positions in Oxford, Cambridge and Edinburgh 1928-1958 Professor of Mathematics at the University of Basel Died November 20, 1986 in Montagnola Detailed biography: Alexander M. Ostrowski (1993-1986): His Life and Work by Walter Gautschi |