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Hanna Neumann

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

M. F. Newman  and
G. E. Wall
M. F. Newman
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T.
G. E. Wall
Affiliation:
University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W.
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Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science and Fellowship of the Australian College of Education are formal recognition of Hanna Neumann's impact on a country she had first set foot in only in August 1963. But then`Hanna Neumann was a remarkable person. Throughout her life she had won the love and respect of many people. The extent of this can not really be measured, however some indications can be given. A memorial meeting held in Canberra overflowed a large lecture theatre even though it was virtually vacation time. A collection of papers dedicated to her memory and a fund to provide some form of memorial to her have both drawn quite overwhelming support from many parts of the world. One finds a tremendous list of words describing her memorable qualities: warm, enthusiastic, inspiring, energetic, firm, tactful, sympathetic, efficient, patient, shrewd, humble, peace-loving, courageous, gracious, … No words can hope to evoke more than a pale shadow of such a person; this story must be read in such a light.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , February 1974 , pp. 1 - 28
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1974

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