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László Rátz, born April 9, 1863 in Sopron, died September 30, 1930 in Budapest, was a Hungarian mathematics high school teacher best known for educating such people as John von Neumann and Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner. He was a legendary teacher of "Budapest-Fasori Evangélikus Gimnázium", the Budapest Lutheran Gymnasium, a famous secondary school in Budapest in Hungary. ==Biography== He was born on 9 April in 1863 in Sopron,〔Sopron, German: ''Ödenburg'', Croatian: ''Šopron'', Latin: ''Scarbantia''.〕 a city in Hungary on the Austrian border, near the Lake Neusiedl/Lake Fertő. His father, Ágost Rátz, was a hardware merchant and ironmonger and his mother was Emma Töpler. He graduated from the Lutheran Grammar School of Sopron in 1882. The courses of study for elementary and middle school the first two years are not available. He was a student in the Hungarian royal state grammar school, "Főreáliskola in Sopron" between 1875-1880, now Széchenyi István Gimnázium (Sopron). From 1880-1882 he studied at the Sopron Lutheran High School and graduated in 1882. From 1883 to 1887 he was a student at the University of Budapest. Then he attended the Science University of Budapest from 1883 to 1887. His university studies were at the Academy of Science in Budapest until 1887. He also studied philosophy at Berlin University between 4 October 1887 and 7 August 1888, and natural science at Strasbourg University from 31 October 1888. He worked as a practicing teacher in the Main Practising Secondary School of Budapest Science University from September 1889. He took his university degree specializing in mathematics and physics on 28 November 1890. From 1890 he was a mathematics professor at the "Budapest-Fasori Evangélikus Gimnázium", a German-speaking Lutheran High School in Városligeti fasor 17-21 in Budapest. First (1890–1892) he was employed as a substitute teacher from 1 September 1890. Then he tenured (1892–1925) as a regular teacher from 1 September 1892 to 1925 at Budapest-Fasori Lutheran Gymnasium. Later on he was appointed director of the Fasori Gimnázium from 1909 to 1914. He was high school principal of Fasori Gimnázium between 1909-1914. One of his successors was Sándor Mikola who was school principal of Fasori Gimnázium during the years 1928-1935. Round the years of 1912-1921 the excellent mathematicians, physicians and chemists, including physicist Eugene Wigner (Jenő Wigner) (1902-1995) and mathematician and polymath John von Neumann (János Neumann) (1903-1957) were taught by him. At the age of 11, Eugene Wigner developed an interest in mathematical problems. From 1915 through 1919, together with John von Neumann, Wigner studied at the Fasori Evangélikus Gimnázium, where they both benefited from the instruction of the noted mathematics teacher László Rátz. Wigner received a share of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 "for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles", the other half of the award was shared between Maria Goeppert-Mayer and J. Hans D. Jensen. John von Neumann entered the German-speaking Lutheran high school Fasori Evangélikus Gimnázium in Budapest in 1911. Although his father insisted he attend school at the grade level appropriate to his age, he agreed to hire private tutors to give him advanced instruction in those areas in which he had displayed an aptitude. Lászlo Rátz died on 30 September 1930 in Grünwald Sanatorium, a nursing home, in Budapest. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「László Rátz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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