Walter Ledermann

Walter Ledermann
Born	18 March 1911 Berlin, Germany
Died	22 May 2009 London, England
Nationality	German, British
Alma mater	University of St Andrews
Known for	Mathematics

Walter Ledermann FRSE (18 March 1911 Berlin, Germany – 22 May 2009 London, England) was a German and British mathematician who worked on matrix theory, group theory, homological algebra, number theory, statistics, and stochastic processes. He was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1944.

He taught at the universities of Dundee, St Andrews, Manchester, and finally Sussex. At Sussex, Ledermann was appointed professor in 1965, where he continued to teach until he was 89. He wrote various mathematics textbooks.

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