János Lajos von Neumann (1903 - 1957)

Born 28 Dec 1903 in Budapest, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Hungary

Ancestors

Husband of Klára Dán — married 17 Nov 1938 in Budapest, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Hungary

Died 8 Feb 1957 at age 53 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Biography

János von Neumann is Notable.

János von Neumann migrated from Hungary to the United States.

John was born in 1903.^[1]He came to the United States in 1930.^[2][3]He lived and worked in Princeton, NJ.^[4] He passed away in 1957.^[5] John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, engineer and polymath. Von Neumann was generally regarded as the foremost mathematician of his time and said to be "the last representative of the great mathematicians". He integrated pure and applied sciences. Along with fellow physicists Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam, von Neumann worked out key steps in the nuclear physics involving thermonuclear reactions and the hydrogen bomb.

Von Neumann wrote 150 published papers in his life; 60 in pure mathematics, 20 in physics, and 60 in applied mathematics. In 2005, the US Postal Service issued a stamp in his honor.

Von Neumann and Marietta had one child, a daughter, Marina, born in 1935. He and Marietta divorced in 1937 and Von Neumann married Klára Dán in 1938.

Sources

1. ↑ "New Jersey Naturalization Records, 1796-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK6-QCQ6?cc=2649169 : 15 December 2020), > image 1 of 1; NARA various NAID. Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009, RG 21. New York: National Archives and Records Administration, 2015.
2. ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5H7-LN1?cc=1923888&wc=MFKM-CP8%3A1029923901 : 2 October 2015), 4668 - vol 10166-10167, Jan 27, 1930 > image 108 of 928; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "New Jersey Naturalization Records, 1796-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK6-QCQ6?cc=2649169 : 15 December 2020), > image 1 of 1; NARA various NAID. Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009, RG 21. New York: National Archives and Records Administration, 2015.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-RTL?cc=2000219&wc=QZFM-CKG%3A790103901%2C794671501%2C800564501%2C800573801 : accessed 15 July 2021), New Jersey > Mercer > Princeton Borough > 11-63 Princeton Borough bounded by (N) borough limits; (E) Bayard Ln; (S) Stockton; (W) borough limits > image 6 of 18; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV7-J2BQ : 26 July 2019), John von Neumann, 1957; Burial, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States of America, Princeton Cemetery; citing record ID 7333144, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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