Hanna Neumann
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| Born | Johanna von Caemmerer February 12, 1914 Lankwitz, Steglitz-Zehlendorf |
| Died | November 14, 1971 (aged 57) Ottawa, Ontario Cerebral aneurysm |
| Citizenship | British |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Hull, School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Australian National University |
| Alma mater | University of Berlin, University of Göttingen, University of Oxford |
| Thesis | Sub-group Structure of Free Products of Groups with an Amalgamated Subgroup |
| Doctoral advisor | Olga Taussky-Todd |
| Known for | Group theory |
| Notable awards | Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science (1969), Fellowship of the Australian College of Educators (1970). |
| Spouse | Bernhard Neumann |
| Children | Peter M. Neumann |
Johanna (Hanna) Neumann (née von Caemmerer) (12 February 1914 – 14 November 1971) was a German-born mathematician who worked on group theory.
Neumann was born on 12 February 1914 in Lankwitz, Steglitz-Zehlendorf (today a district of Berlin), Germany. She was the youngest of three children of Hermann and Katharina von Caemmerer. As a result of her father's death in the first days of the First World War, the family income was small, and from the age of thirteen she was coaching school children.
After two years at a private school she entered the Auguste-Viktoria-Schule, a girls' grammar school (Realgymnasium), in 1922. She graduated in early 1932 and then entered the University of Berlin. The lecture courses in mathematics that she took in her first year were: Introduction to Higher Mathematics given by Feigl; Analytical Geometry and Projective Geometry both given by Bieberbach, Differential and Integral Calculus given by Schmidt, and The Theory of Numbers given by Schur. She also took formal courses in physics, and attended lectures in psychology, literature and law. As a result of her first year work, Hanna was awarded three-quarters' remission of fees and a position as a part-time assistant in the Mathematical Institute's library.
A friendship between Hanna and Bernhard Neumann began in January 1933. In March 1933, the Nazis came to power and in August 1933, Bernhard, who was Jewish, moved to Cambridge, England. She visited Bernhard in London at Easter 1934 and they became secretly engaged. After this she returned to Germany to continue her studies.
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