Facts: - fields: mathematician - death date: 25 june 1941 - birth date: 02 september 1850 - name: alfred pringsheim - nationality: german - death place: zurich , switzerland - birth place: ohlau , silesia province Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alfred pringsheim .
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alfred pringsheim -lrb- 2 september 1850 -- 25 june 1941 -rrb- was a german mathematician and patron of the arts .he was born in ohlau , prussian silesia -lrb- now oawa , poland -rrb- and died in zurich , switzerland .one of many antisemitic pieces of nazi legislation , the namensanderungsverordnung which came into effect 1 january 1938 , forced him to legally change his name into '' alfred israel pringsheim '' at age 87 .