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Bartel Leendert van der Waerden
Dutch mathematician and historian of mathematics (1903–1996).
Born February 2nd, 1903 in Amsterdam.
Died January 12th, 1996 at 92 years old in Zurich.
Occupations
historian, historian of mathematics, mathematician, university teacher
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