Person: Peierls, Rudolf Ernst

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Rudolf Peierls was one of the most influential of the German mathematical physicists who migrated and settled in Britain during the Nazi era.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 5 June 1907, Berlin, Germany. Died 19 September 1995, Oakenholt, near Oxford, England.

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Origin Germany


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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive