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'''Selig Brodetsky''' (10 February 1888, [[Olviopol]], [[Russia]]-18 May 1954) was a [[Great Britain|British]] Professor of Mathematics.
==Education==
* [[Jews' Free School]], London
* [[Central Foundation School]], London
* [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] (senior wrangler, 1908)
* [[Leipzig University]] (PhD)
==Career==
* Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, [[University of Bristol]], 1914-1919
* Reader, 1920-1924; Professor, 1924-1948 then [[Emeritus Professor]] of Applied Mathematics, [[University of Leeds]]
* President of the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] and Chairman of its Executive Council, 1949-1951
==Other posts==
* Member of the Executive, Zionist World Organisation and Jewish Agency for Palestine
* Honorary President, Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland
* Honorary President, World Maccabi Union
* President, [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]]
He was a Fellow of the [[Royal Astronomical Society]], [[Royal Aeronautical Society]] and [[Institute of Physics]].
His sister Rachel married Rabbi [[Solomon Mestel]]; their son is [[Leon Mestel]].
==References==
* Who's Who (UK)
* Dictionary of National Biography
[[Category:biographies]]
==Education==
* [[Jews' Free School]], London
* [[Central Foundation School]], London
* [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] (senior wrangler, 1908)
* [[Leipzig University]] (PhD)
==Career==
* Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, [[University of Bristol]], 1914-1919
* Reader, 1920-1924; Professor, 1924-1948 then [[Emeritus Professor]] of Applied Mathematics, [[University of Leeds]]
* President of the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] and Chairman of its Executive Council, 1949-1951
==Other posts==
* Member of the Executive, Zionist World Organisation and Jewish Agency for Palestine
* Honorary President, Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland
* Honorary President, World Maccabi Union
* President, [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]]
He was a Fellow of the [[Royal Astronomical Society]], [[Royal Aeronautical Society]] and [[Institute of Physics]].
His sister Rachel married Rabbi [[Solomon Mestel]]; their son is [[Leon Mestel]].
==References==
* Who's Who (UK)
* Dictionary of National Biography
[[Category:biographies]]