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Neugebauer, Otto
Name
Neugebauer, Otto
Dates
26 May 1899 - 19 Febraury 1990
Birthplace
Innsbruck, Austria
Specialization
Assyriology
Major works
Mathematische Keilschrifttexte 1-3, Berlin 1935-1937 Mathematical Cuneiform Texts (AOS 29), New Haven 1945 (with A. Sachs) Astronomical Cuneiform Texts, London 1955 The Exact Sciences in Antiquity, Providence 1957 (2nd ed.) A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, Berlin 1975; Bibliography in Centaurus 22 (1979) 257-280 (J. Sachs - G.J. Toomer).
Remarks
Lecturer, University of Goettingen, 1927, Associate professor, 1932; Visiting professor, University of Copenhagen, 1934-1936; Professor and founder of the Department of the History of Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1939-1969 *http://stills.nap.edu/html/biomems/oneugabauer.html (N.M. Swerdlow)