DAVID BERNARD SCOTT
Bernard Scott was born in London on 27 August 1915. At the time of his birth his name was Schultz. He was the only son of a Jewish family of fur and skin merchants who lived in North London; he had two sisters. Bernard attended the City of London School from 1925 to 1934. From school records it appe...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society 1998-09, Vol.30 (5), p.549-554 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Bernard Scott was born in London on 27 August 1915. At the time
of his birth
his name was Schultz. He was the only son of a Jewish family of fur and
skin
merchants who lived in North London; he had two sisters. Bernard attended the City of London School from 1925 to 1934. From school
records it appears that he evinced an early taste for argument and debate.
There is
also testimony of his enthusiasm for sport, especially rugby. His talents
for
mathematics and for chess became evident at an early stage. While mathematics
became his profession, it was the game of chess that aroused in him an
abiding
passion and made him a first-class player throughout his life. Bernard won an Open Scholarship in Mathematics to Magdalene College,
Cambridge. He graduated with First Class Honours and a Distinction in Part
III of
the Mathematical Tripos in 1937. While pursuing his mathematical studies
with
evident success, he continued to cultivate his talent as a chess player.
B. H. Neumann,
who was a research student at Cambridge at that time, relates that he and
Bernard
Schultz (as he then was) went to London to take part in a weekend tournament
and
returned with all the prize money between them (about £7). |
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ISSN: | 0024-6093 1469-2120 |
DOI: | 10.1112/S0024609398004421 |