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May 02, 1901 Liège, Wallonia, Belgium Died on 16 May 1983 (aged 82)
mathematician, military officer, physician
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About Edouard Zeckendorf
- Edouard Zeckendorf (2 May 1901 – 16 May 1983) was a Belgian doctor, army officer and mathematician.
- In mathematics, he is best known for his work on Fibonacci numbers and in particular for proving Zeckendorf's theorem. Zeckendorf was born in Liège in 1901.
- He was the son of a Dutch dentist, a practicing Jew.
- In 1925, Zeckendorf graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Liège and joined the Belgian Army medical corps.
- When Germany invaded Belgium in 1940, Zeckendorf was taken prisoner and remained a prisoner of war until 1945.
- During this period, he provided medical care to other allied POWs. Zeckendorf retired from the army in 1957 as a colonel.
