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D.</li> <li>Birkhoff, George D.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </dd> </dl> <h2 class="subHeading">Linked Services</h2> <div class="accordion accordion-flush" id="index-accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button class="accordion-button collapsed sub-heading-accordion" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#indexcontent_Bio">Biografische Lexika/Biogramme</button> </h3> <div id="indexcontent_Bio" class="accordion-collapse collapse show" data-bs-parent="#index-accordion"> <ul> <li > <a target="_blank" href="http://www.historische-kommission-muenchen-editionen.de/beacond/nas.php?pnd=118663399"> National Academy of Science: biographical Memoirs [1877-] </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button class="accordion-button collapsed sub-heading-accordion" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#indexcontent_Que">Quellen(nachweise)</button> </h3> <div id="indexcontent_Que" class="accordion-collapse collapse show" data-bs-parent="#index-accordion"> <ul> <li > <a target="_blank" href="http://kalliope-verbund.info/de/eac?eac.id=118663399"> * Kalliope-Verbund </a> </li> <li > <a target="_blank" href="http://www.historische-kommission-muenchen-editionen.de/beacond/kallias.php?pnd=118663399"> * Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach - Kall铆as </a> </li> <li > <a target="_blank" href="http://www.historische-kommission-muenchen-editionen.de/beacond/acadsciences.php?pnd=118663399"> Les Membres de l'Acad茅mie des sciences depuis sa cr茅ation en 1666 [2017] </a> </li> <li > <a target="_blank" href="http://www.historische-kommission-muenchen-editionen.de/beacond/sommerfeld.php?pnd=118663399"> * Nachlass Sommerfeld beim Deutschen Museum </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button class="accordion-button collapsed sub-heading-accordion" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#indexcontent_Lit">Literatur(nachweise)</button> </h3> <div id="indexcontent_Lit" class="accordion-collapse collapse show" data-bs-parent="#index-accordion"> <ul> <li > <a target="_blank" href="http://www.gateway-bayern.de/opensearch?rfr_id=LinkedOpenData%3ABeacon&rft.au=%28DE-588%29118663399"> Katalog des Bibliotheksverbundes Bayern (BVB) </a> </li> <li > <a target="_blank" href="http://swb.bsz-bw.de/DB=2.114/CMD?ACT=SRCHA&IKT=2011&TRM=gnd:118663399&REC=2"> Normdateneintrag des S眉dwestdeutschen Bibliotheksverbundes (SWB) </a> </li> <li > <a target="_blank" href="http://www.historische-kommission-muenchen-editionen.de/beacond/kallias.php?pnd=118663399"> * Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach - Kall铆as </a> </li> <li > <a target="_blank" href="https://search.obvsg.at/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,118663399&tab=default_tab&search_scope=OBV_Gesamt&vid=OBV&offset=0"> 脰sterreichischer Bibliothekenverbund (OBV) </a> </li> <li > <a target="_blank" href="http://resolver.hebis.de/wikimedia/pndresolver/118663399"> Gemeinsamer Verbundkatalog (GBV) </a> </li> <li > <a target="_blank" href="http://www.historische-kommission-muenchen-editionen.de/beacond/isiscb.php?pnd=118663399"> Isis Bibliography of the History of Science [1975-] </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-item"> </div> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button class="accordion-button collapsed sub-heading-accordion" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#indexcontent_Por">Portr盲t(nachweise)</button> </h3> <div id="indexcontent_Por" class="accordion-collapse collapse show" data-bs-parent="#index-accordion"> <ul> <li > <a target="_blank" href="http://www.historische-kommission-muenchen-editionen.de/beacond/owpdb.php?pnd=118663399"> Oberwolfach Photo Collection </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <h2 class="subHeading">Relations</h2> <div class="accordion accordion-flush" id="verknuepfungen-accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button class="accordion-button collapsed sub-heading-accordion" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#weitere">Additional Occurrences (NDB-online/NDB/ADB)</button> </h3> <div id="weitere" class="accordion-collapse collapse" data-bs-parent="#verknuepfungen-accordion"> <ul> <li> <a href="dbo071074.html">Hopf, Eberhard (NDB-online)</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="artikel row"> <h2 id="indexcontent_orte" class="anchor subHeading">Places</h2> <div id="map" class="detail-map"></div> <div class="mapLegend"> <h5>Map Icons</h5> <div class="legendItem"> <img src="/img/marker-geburtsort.png" alt="Marker Geburtsort"/> <span>Place of birth</span> </div> <div class="legendItem"> <img src="/img/marker-wirkungsort.png" alt="Marker Wirkungsort"/> <span>Place of activity</span> </div> <div class="legendItem"> <img src="/img/marker-sterbeort.png" alt="Marker Sterbeort"/> <span>Place of death</span> </div> <div class="legendItem"> <img src="/img/marker-grabort.png" alt="Marker Begr盲bnisort"/> <span>Place of interment</span> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12"> <p class="smaller">Localized places could be overlay each other depending on the zoo m level. In this case the shadow of the symbol is darker and the individual place symbols will fold up by clicking upon. A click on an individual place symbol opens a popup providing a link to search for other references to this place in the database.</p> </div> </div> <div class="artikel row"> <h4 id="indexcontent_zitier" class="anchor subHeading"> Citation </h4> <p> Birkhoff, George David, Index entry in: Deutsche Biographie, https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd118663399.html [12.12.2024]. </p> <p> <a class="rights" href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" target="_blank" title="Metadaten und Linkverzeichnis unter CC0"> <img alt="CC0" src="/img/cc-zero.png"> </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </main> <div class="container footer"> <footer> <p style="text-align: center; margin-left: 80px;">Deutsche Biographie 路 <a href="/impressum">Legal Notice</a> 路 <a href="/privacy">Privacy</a> 路 <a href="/accessibility">Accessibility</a></p> </footer> </div> <script> /*<![CDATA[*/ glMsgs = { aktivierungErforderlich : "Activate Mapsearch", aktivierungWeiterInfos : "<a href=\"privacy\">more<\/a>", aktivieren : "Mapsearch", aktiv : "active", zoomInTitle : "Zoom in", zoomOutTitle : "Zoom out", allsuchTitle : "Map Search: All Places", gebsuchTitle : "Map Search: Places of birth", wirksuchTitle : "Map Search: Places of activity", sterbsuchTitle : "Map Search: Places of death", grabsuchTitle : "Map Search: Places of interment", sterbeort : "Place of death", geburtsort : "Place of birth", grabort : "Place of interment", ortImText : "Place of activity", startsuchTitle : "Start Map Search", cookiemessage : "<b>Cookies:<\/b> We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.", cookiepolicy : "Find out more", mapInfoStart : "On the map displayed on the homepage, one or more rectangular areas can be chosen as desired (e.g. by using the rectangular symbol on the top left or by double clicking), which contain(s) all persons with a location entry in this area. 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