Hyman Levy (1889 - 1975)

* 28 February 1889, † 27 February 1975

Hyman Levy was born on 28 February 1889 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Hyman Levy graduated from Edinburgh and went on to study in Göttingen. He was forced to leave Germany on the outbreak of World War II and returned to work at Oxford and at the National Physical Laboratory. He held various posts in Imperial College London, finishing as Head of the Mathematics department. His main work was in the numerical solution of differential equations. Hyman Levy died on 27 February 1975 in Wimbledon, London, England.