caption doctoral_advisor death_date death_place birth_place nationality fields workplaces birth_date known_for doctoral_students image article_title name alma_mater
courtesy mfo david hilbert 28 march 1950 chicago , united states striegau , silesia province german mathematics northwestern university 30 september 1883 hellinger distance martinus esser richard stark marion wetzell ernsthellinger mfp.jpg ernst hellinger
 ernst hellinger university of göttingen
ernst hellinger

ernst david hellinger -lrb- september 30 , 1883 -- march 28 , 1950 -rrb- was a german mathematician .
