Amalie emmy noether achievement
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Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Emmy Noether's father, Max Noether, was a distinguished mathematician and a professor at Erlangen but he came from a family of wholesale hardware dealers.Amalie emmy noether achievement
Her mother was Ida Amalia Kaufmann (1852-1915), from a wealthy Cologne family. Both Emmy's parents were of Jewish origin and the reader may be surprised at this since Noether is not a Jewish name. We should explain, therefore, how this came about and, at the same time, give some information on Emmy Noether's ancestors.
Max Noether's paternal grandfather was Elias Samuel, the founder of a business in Bruchsal. Elias had nine children, one being a son Hertz Samuel. In 1809 the State of Baden made the Tolerance Edict which required Jews to adopt Germanic n