Emil Gumbel
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Emil Julius Gumbel (July 18 1891 - September 10 1966), German mathematician, pacifist and anti-Nazi campaigner. He founded the mathematical field of extreme value theory.

Books about Emil Gumbel:

• Arthur David Brenner, Emil J. Gumbel: Weimar German Pacifist and Professor, ISBN 0391041010

External links:

• http://www.fachschaften.uni-muenchen.de/gaf/aktiv/cafeprojekt/emiljuliusgumbel.html Gumbel bio in German
• http://www.library.utoronto.ca/robarts/microtext/collection/pages/gumbelem.html Collection of Gumbel's papers

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