Johannes Henricus Bernardus Kemperman (July 16, 1924 – June 13, 2011) was a Dutch

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...

. He taught at the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants Undergraduate education, undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Doctorate, do ...

for 25 years, and also worked at

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and

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and wa ...

for ten years, each. Born in

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, he received his education from the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other bein ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kemperman, Johannes 1924 births 2011 deaths Dutch mathematicians University of Amsterdam alumni Purdue University faculty University of Rochester faculty Rutgers University faculty Dutch expatriates in the United States Scientists from Amsterdam