Κωνσταντίνος Καραθεοδωρής (1873 - 1950)

Born 13 Sep 1873 in Berlin, Brandenburg, Preußen, Deutsches Reich

Ancestors

Husband of Ευφροσύνη Καραθεοδωρή — married 1908 in Κωνσταντινούπολη

Died 2 Feb 1950 at age 76 in München, Oberbayern, Bayern, Deutschland

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Biography

Constantin was born in 1873. He passed away in 1950. He was a Greek mathematician who spent most of his professional career in Germany. He made significant contributions to real and complex analysis, the calculus of variations (in which he was much influenced by both Hilbert and Klein), and measure theory. He also created an axiomatic formulation of thermodynamics.

He was remembered by his colleagues as a respectable and cultured man.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Κωνσταντίνος Καραθεοδωρή. Accessed 1 Jan 2023.
• Wikidata: Item Q65332
• greekfamilies.tribalpages.com. Accessed 4 Sep 2021.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantin_Carathéodory
• https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Caratheodory/
• Find A Grave: Memorial #180898617
• Year: 1936; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 8; Page Number: 73