Selig Brodetsky (1888 - 1954)

* 10 February 1888, † 18 May 1954

Selig Brodetsky was born on 10 February 1888 in Olviopol (near Odessa), Ukraine. Selig Brodetsky was educated at Cambridge and Leipzig. He became a lecturer at Bristol and later lecturer and professor at Leeds. He worked on fluid flow with particular emphasis on aerodynamics. He was President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for a short time. Selig Brodetsky died on 18 May 1954 in London, England.