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Ivan Vinogradov

Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1983)

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Born
September 14, 1891
Died
March 20, 1983
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1891

About Ivan Vinogradov

Ivan Matveevich Vinogradov was a Soviet mathematician, who was one of the creators of modern analytic number theory, and also a dominant figure in mathematics in the USSR. He was born in the Velikiye Luki district, Pskov Oblast. He graduated from the University of St. Petersburg, where in 1920 he became a Professor. From 1934 he was a Director of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics, a position he held for the rest of his life, except for the five-year period (1941–1946) when the institute was directed by Academician Sergei Sobolev. In 1941 he was awarded the Stalin Prize. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1942. In 1951 he became a foreign member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Letters in Kraków. For his long service he was twice awarded the order of The Hero of the Socialist Labour.

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Ivan Vinogradov timeline

  1. He graduated from the University of St. Petersburg, where in 1920 he became a Professor.
  2. From 1934 he was a Director of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics, a position he held for the rest of his life, except for the five-year period (1941–1946) when the institute was directed by Academician Sergei Sobolev.
  3. In 1941 he was awarded the Stalin Prize.
  4. In 1951 he became a foreign member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Letters in Kraków.

The world when Ivan Vinogradov was born

Ivan Vinogradov was born in 1891. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

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  • U.S. leaderBenjamin Harrison
  • U.S. population64.0M

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