Jean van Heijenoort

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Jean van Heijenoort
Mexico 1937; left to right: Jean van Heijenoort, Albert Goldman, Leon Trotsky, Natalia Sedova, Jan Frankel
Born	Jean Louis Maxime van Heijenoort (1912-07-23)July 23, 1912 Creil, France
Died	March 29, 1986(1986-03-29) (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.