Tarski biography

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    Born
    14 January 1901
    Warsaw, Russian Empire (now Poland)
    Died
    26 October 1983
    Berkeley, California, USA
    Summary
    Alfred Tarski made important contributions in many areas of mathematics, including metamathematics, set theory, measure theory, model theory, and general algebra.

    Biography

    Alfred Tarski's father was Ignacy Teitelbaum, a Jewish shopkeeper and businessman who traded in wood.

    One might reasonably ask why Tarski's father was not named "Tarski" and we will explain in a moment why Alfred Teitelbaum changed his name to Alfred Tarski.

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    • Let us just note for now that Alfred Tarski was actually born with the family name of Teitelbaum, and for about the first 22 years of his life was known as Alfred Teitelbaum. Ignacy Teitelbaum had married Rosa Prussak and, although Rosa never had a career, and therefore never had the opportunity to show her intellect, it was through his mother rather than his father that Tarski inherited his brilliance.

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