Richard Courant (1888 - 1972)

* 8 January 1888, † 27 January 1972

Richard Courant was born on 8 January 1888 in Lublinitz, Germany (now Lubliniec, Poland). Richard Courant was a Polish-born applied mathematician best known for founding the Institute named after him in New York Richard Courant died on 27 January 1972 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.