John von neumann short biography

John von Neumann was born Janos Lajos Margittai Neumann on December 28, 1903, in Budapest, Hungary. Raised in a non-practicing Jewish family, he had an incredible memory at an early age, being able to divide eight-digit numbers in his head at the age of six.

He entered Lutheran Gymnasium in 1911; in 1913, his father purchased a title, and the family acquired the Austrian mark of nobility "von."

Von Neumann received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Budapest at the age of 23.

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He simultaneously learned chemistry in Switzerland. Between 1926 and 1930, he was a private lecturer in Berlin, Germany. In 1930, the same year he married Mariette Koevesi and agreed to convert to Catholicism to placate her family, Princeton University invited him to lecture on mathematical physics.

While at Princeton, the founders of the newly created Institute for Advanced Study asked him to accept a chair in mathematics. Dr. von Neumann became one of