Richard Brauer

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Richard Brauer
Richard and Ilse Brauer in 1970 Photo courtesy MFO
Born	(1901-02-10)February 10, 1901 Charlottenburg, German Empire
Died	April 17, 1977(1977-04-17) (aged 76) Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	German, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Berlin (PhD, 1926)
Known for	Brauer's theorem on induced characters
Awards	Cole Prize in Algebra (1949) National Medal of Science (1970)
Scientific career
Fields	Scientist, mathematician
Institutions	University of Kentucky, University of Toronto, University of Michigan, Harvard University
Thesis	Über die Darstellung der Drehungsgruppe durch Gruppen linearer Substitutionen  (1926)
Doctoral advisor	Issai Schur Erhard Schmidt
Doctoral students	R. H. Bruck S. A. Jennings Peter Landrock D. J. Lewis J. Carson Mark Cecil J. Nesbitt Donald S. Passman Ralph Stanton Robert Steinberg

Richard Dagobert Brauer (February 10, 1901 – April 17, 1977) was a leading German and American mathematician. He worked mainly in abstract algebra, but made important contributions to number theory. He was the founder of modular representation theory.