Selig Brodetsky
Selig Brodetsky (10 February 1888, Olviopol, Russia-18 May 1954) was a British Professor of Mathematics.
Education
- Jews' Free School, London
- Central Foundation School, London
- Trinity College, Cambridge (senior wrangler, 1908)
- Leipzig University (PhD)
Career
- Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, University of Bristol, 1914-1919
- Reader, 1920-1924; Professor, 1924-1948 then Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds
- President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Chairman of its Executive Council, 1949-1951
Other posts
- Member of the Executive, Zionist World Organisation and Jewish Agency for Palestine
- Honorary President, Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland
- Honorary President, World Maccabi Union
- President, Board of Deputies of British Jews
He was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Royal Aeronautical Society and Institute of Physics.
His sister Rachel married Rabbi Solomon Mestel; their son is Leon Mestel.
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