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John von Neumann

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1330790&amp;oldid=2507860016" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Medal of Freedom · dated 1956
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q4056286&amp;oldid=2079063023" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">von Neumann cellular automaton
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q21578&amp;oldid=2557645599" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Princeton University · from 1930 · to 1933
Public office: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q140686&amp;oldid=2564268089" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">chairperson · from 1951 · to 1952
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q663890&amp;oldid=2550496801" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fasori Gimnázium · from 1911 · to 1921
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q60548&amp;oldid=2353736687" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal · dated 1956

Wikidata describes John von Neumann as Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957).

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