![]() ![]() In fact there were few academic positions open at all. Vienna in the 1930s was no place for a young Jewish man to obtain an academic position, no matter how talented. He worked under Menger's supervision on geometry and was awarded his doctorate in 1931. However his outstanding abilities in mathematics led him to wish to continue to undertake mathematical research and in 1927 he entered the University of Vienna to study with Karl Menger. Wald was allowed to attend the University of Cluj but it appears that this was not made easy for him because he was Jewish. This certainly did not put him at a disadvantage from an educational point of view for his family were very knowledgeable and competent teachers.Īfter World War I much of the land that had been part of Hungary was given to neighbouring countries and at that time Cluj became part of Romania. ![]() As a result Abraham did not attend either primary of secondary school and was educated at home by members of his family. At this time both primary and secondary schools in Hungary required pupils to attend on Saturdays and the Wald family could not allow their son to attend school on the Jewish Sabbath. It was a family of intellectuals but, being Jewish, they were forced to earn their living in trades well below their abilities. Biography Abraham Wald was born into a Jewish family in Hungary. ![]()
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