Family tree of Rolf NEVANLINNA

Mathématician

Finnish Born Rolf Herman NEVANLINNA

Finnish mathematician

Born on October 22, 1895 in Joensuu, Finland , Finland

Died on May 28, 1980 in Helsingfors, Finland

Born on october 22 48

Deceased on may 28 41

Born on Finland 7

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Neovius

Johan Adolf

1787 - 1833

Burgman

Gustava Maria Charlotta

1802 - 1884

Krogius

Lars Gabriel

1793 - 1861

von Numers

Amalia Maria Lovisa

1807 - 1900

Neovius

Edvard Engelbert

1823 - 1888

Krogius

Elise Gustava

1829 - 1904

Nevanlinna

Otto Wilhelm (Neovius-1906)

1867 - 1927

Romberg

Margarete Henriette Louise

1870 - 1955

Nevanlinna

Rolf Herman (Neovius-1906)

1895 - 1980

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The Neovius-Nevanlinna family boasts mathematicians in at least five generations. Rolf Nevanlinna's grandfather Edavard Engelbert Neovius (1823–88), a major general in the Czar's army, taught mathematics in the Hamina Cadet School, Nevanlinnas father Otto Neovius-Nevanlinna (1867–1927) was a prominent mathematics teacher while one of his uncles was a mathematics professor and another a mathematics teacher. Rolf Nevanlinna's brother Frithiof Nevanlinna (1894–1977) was a mathematics professor, whose son and grandson are mathematics professors. A part of the family changed their name from Neovius to Nevanlinna in 1906, participating in the patriotic campaign to change Swedish and foreign surnames into Finnish ones. Rolf Nevanlinna's mother Margareta Romberg was German; she was the daughter of the German astronomer Herman Romberg. Margareta Romberg and Otto Neovius met at the Pulkovo observatory in St. Petersburg, where Otto made observations for his thesis on the spectral lines of nitrogen and oxygen.

Rolf Nevanlinna was married twice. He had four children, Kai, Harri, Arne and Sylvi with his first wife Mary Selin, and one, Kristiina, with his second wife Sinikka Kallio. Harri Nevanlinna (1922 – 94) was a prominent hematologist and director of The Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Arne Nevanlinna (born 1925) is an architect with a second career as a novelist. His first book was Isän maa (Father's Land), which gives a rather unflattering portrayal of his father.

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