Frederik Schuh

Frederik Schuh (7 February 1875, Amsterdam – 6 January 1966, The Hague) was a Dutch mathematician.

Career

He completed his PhD in algebraic geometry from Amsterdam University in 1905, where his advisor was Diederik Johannes Korteweg.[1] He taught at the Technische Hoogeschool at Delft (1907–1909 and 1916–1945) and at Groningen (1909–1916).[2]

Works

He was the inventor of the Chomp game and wrote The Master Book of Mathematical Recreations (1943).

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References
  1. Frederik Schuh at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. The Universal Book of Mathematics



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