Heinrich Scholz
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Heinrich Scholz in the Mathematical Research Institute Oberwolfach
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| Born |
December 17, 1884 Berlin, German Empire |
| Died | December 30, 1956 (aged 72) Münster, West Germany |
| Citizenship | German |
| Fields |
Mathematics Logic |
| Institutions |
University of Breslau University of Berlin Erlangen University |
| Alma mater | Münster University |
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| Doctoral advisor |
Adolf von Harnack Alois Riehl Richard Falkenberg[] Otto Toeplitz |
| Doctoral students |
Friedrich Bachmann Hans Hermes Gisbert Hasenjaeger Karl Schröter |
| Known for | Institute of Mathematical Logic and Fundamental Research at the University of Münster World's first seminar on computer science (with Alan Turing) |
| Influences |
Alfred North Whitehead Bertrand Russell Otto Toeplitz Alan Turing Friedrich Schleiermacher Bernard Bolzano |
Heinrich Scholz (German: [ʃɔlts]; December 17, 1884 – December 30, 1956) was a German logician, philosopher, and Protestant theologian who was a peer of Alan Turing, who wrote in his memoirs that he on the inclusion of his essay from 1936 On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem [was disappointed that only] two people could have understood it, and would have responded [had he been asked] – Heinrich Scholz and Richard Bevan Braithwaite. Scholz had an extraordinary career but was not considered a brilliant logician, for example on the same level as Gottlob Frege or Rudolf Carnap, but was considered an outstanding scientist of national importance. He provided a suitable academic environment for his students to thrive. He founded the Institute of Mathematical Logic and Fundamental Research at the University of Münster in 1936, which can be said enabled the study of logic at the highest international level after World War 2 up until the present day.
Herman Scholz father was a minister at St. Mary's Church, Berlin. From 1903 to 1907 he studied philosophy and theology at Erlangen University and Berlin University achieving a Licentiate in theology (Lic. theol.). He was a student of Adolf von Harnack, in philosophy with peers Alois Riehl and Friedrich Paulsen. On 28 July 1910, Scholz habilitated in the subjects of religious philosophy and systematic theology in Berlin, and was promoted to full professor, therein working as a lecturer. In 1913, at Erlangen, Herman Sholz took his examination for promotion of Dr. phil. with Richard Falckenberg Richard Falckenberg, studying the work of Schleiermacher and Goethe, his thesis title: A contribution from the history of the German spirit. In 1917 was appointed to the chair of Philosophy of Religion at the Breslau succeeding Rudolf Otto to teach religious philosophy and systematic theology. In the same year he married his fiancée, Elisabeth Orth. Due to 8 years of continuous gastric trouble, he was exempted from military service. In 1919, he underwent an operation in which he believed to be a large part of his stomach was removed. That year he took the call to Kiel University, as the chair of philosophy. It was while at Kiel, in 1924, that Scholz's first wife, Elisabeth Orth died.
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