Jean van Heijenoort

Jean van Heijenoort
Mexico 1937; left to right: Jean van Heijenoort, Albert Goldman, Leon Trotsky, Natalia Sedova, Jan Frankel
Born
Jean Louis Maxime van Heijenoort

(1912-07-23)July 23, 1912
Creil, France
DiedMarch 29, 1986(1986-03-29) (aged 73)
Mexico City, Mexico
Alma materNew York University
Employer(s)Columbia University
Brandeis University

Jean Louis Maxime van Heijenoort (/væn ˈhaɪ.ənɔːrt/ van HY-ə-nort; French: [ʒɑ̃ lwi maksim van‿ɛjɛnɔʁt]; Dutch: [ʒɑ̃ː ˈlu.is ˈmaksimə vɑn ˈɦɛiənoːrt]; July 23, 1912 – March 29, 1986) was a French-Dutch historian of mathematical logic. He was also a personal secretary to Leon Trotsky from 1932 to 1939, and an American Trotskyist until 1947.

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