Selig Brodetsky
(1888-1954)

Professor of applied mathematics

Died aged c. 66

Selig Brodetsky, זליג ברודצק (10 February 1888 – 18 May 1954) was a Russian-born English mathematician, a member of the World Zionist Executive, the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, and the second president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Leeds, United Kingdom

Selig Brodetsky. Lived here whilst Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Leeds (1924-1948), becoming President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1949. A campaigner for a Jewish homeland, he was President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews (1940-1949). 1888-1954.

5 Grosvenor Road, LS6 2DZ, Leeds, United Kingdom where they lived (1924-1948)