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Leonid Kantorovich
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Leonid Kantorovich

1912 – 1986 · aged 74

Russian mathematician (1912-1986)

Born
19 Jan 1912 · Saint Petersburg
Died
7 Apr 1986 · Moscow
Part ofRussia1223 – todaySoviet Union1848 – 1991Jews74 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 85 years
  1. 19 Jan 1912BornBorn in Saint Petersburg
  2. 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
  3. 1944AwardOrder of the Badge of Honour
  4. 1949AwardOrder of the Red Banner of Labour
  5. 1949AwardStalin Prize, 2nd degree
  6. 1965AwardLenin Prize
  7. 1966AwardDoctor honoris causa from the University of Grenoble
  8. 1967AwardOrder of Lenin
  9. 1969AwardHonorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis
  10. 1972AwardFellow of the Econometric Society
  11. 1974AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
  12. 1975AwardPrize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
  13. 1984AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Halle-Wittenberg
  14. 1985AwardOrder of the Patriotic War, 1st class
  15. 7 Apr 1986DiedDied in Moscow

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1912 – 1986).

  1. 1914 – 1918World War I
  2. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  3. 1917Balfour Declaration
  4. 1917February Revolution
  5. 1917October Revolution
  6. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  7. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  8. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  9. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  10. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  11. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  12. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  13. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1938Munich Agreement
  15. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  16. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  17. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  18. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  19. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  20. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  21. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  22. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  23. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  25. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  26. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  28. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  29. 1956Suez Crisis
  30. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  32. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  34. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  36. 1968Prague Spring
  37. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  38. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  39. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  40. 19781978 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich (Russian: Леонид Витальевич Канторович, IPA: [lʲɪɐˈnʲit vʲɪˈtalʲjɪvʲɪtɕ kəntɐˈrovʲɪtɕ] ; 19 January 1912 – 7 April 1986) was a Soviet mathematician and economist, known for his theory and development of techniques for the optimal allocation of resources. He is regarded as the founder of linear programming. He was the winner of the Stalin Prize in 1949 and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1975.

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