Jean van Heijenoort
Jean van Heijenoort | |
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Mexico 1937; left to right: Jean van Heijenoort, Albert Goldman, Leon Trotsky, Natalia Sedova, Jan Frankel | |
| Born | Jean Louis Maxime van Heijenoort July 23, 1912 Creil, France |
| Died | March 29, 1986 (aged 73) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Alma mater | New York University |
Jean Louis Maxime van Heijenoort (/væn ˈhaɪ.ənɔːrt/ van HY-ə-nort; French: [ʒɑ̃ lwi maksim van‿ɛjɛnɔʁt]; Dutch: [vɑn ˈɦɛiənoːrt]; July 23, 1912 – March 29, 1986) was a historian of mathematical logic. He was also a personal secretary to Leon Trotsky from 1932 to 1939, and an American Trotskyist until 1947.