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Stefan Banach

Born: March 30, 1892
Died: August 31, 1945 (aged 53)
Bio: Stefan Banach was a Polish mathematician who is generally considered one of the world's most important and influential 20th-century mathematicians. He was one of the founders of modern functional analysis, and an original member of the Lwów School of Mathematics.