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José Luis Massera

was born 109 years ago

8 June 1915

José Luis Massera was an outstanding Uruguayan mathematician who had problems with his career due to his left-wing political views. He was imprisoned for nine years by the right-wing Uruguayan military dictatorship.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Massera/