Richard Rado | |
|---|---|
 Richard Rado, ca. 1967 | |
| Born | 28 April 1906 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 23 December 1989 (aged 83) Reading, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge University of Berlin |
| Known for | Erdős–Rado theorem Erdős–Ko–Rado theorem Milner–Rado paradox |
| Awards | Senior Berwick Prize (1972), Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Doctoral advisor | G. H. Hardy Issai Schur |
| Doctoral students | Gabriel Dirac Eric Milner |
Richard Rado FRS[1] (28 April 1906 – 23 December 1989) was a German-born British mathematician whose research concerned combinatorics and graph theory. He was Jewish and left Germany to escape Nazi persecution.[2] He earned two PhDs: in 1933 from the University of Berlin, and in 1935 from the University of Cambridge.[3][4][5] He was interviewed in Berlin by Lord Cherwell for a scholarship given by the chemist Sir Robert Mond which provided financial support to study at Cambridge. After he was awarded the scholarship, Rado and his wife left for the UK in 1933. He was appointed Professor of Mathematics at the University of Reading in 1954 and remained there until he retired in 1971.
- ^ a b Rogers, C. A. (1991). "Richard Rado. 28 April 1906-23 December 1989". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 37: 412–426. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1991.0021.
- ^ Berwick prizes page at The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- ^ Richard Rado at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Richard Rado", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
- ^ Rogers, C. A. (1998). "Richard Rado". Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 30 (2): 185–195. doi:10.1112/S0024609397003512.