Nathan Divinsky
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Nathan Joseph Divinsky (born October 29 1925) is a mathematician and chess enthusiast who is also known for being the former husband of the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, Kim Campbell. Divinsky and Campbell were married from 1972 to 1983.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Winnipeg in 1946. He received a Master of Science in 1947 and Ph.D. in 1950 from the University of Chicago. Divinsky served as a mathematics professor, and also as an assistant dean of science, at the University of British Columbia. He was also featured in many segments relating to mathematics and chess on a Discovery Channel Canada program called @ Discovery Canada, now called Daily Planet.
Divinsky has served on the Vancouver School Board and as an alderman on Vancouver's city council.
Selected bibliography
- The Batsford Encyclopedia of Chess, 1990. ISBN 0713462140
- Life maps of the great chess masters, 1994.
- Warriors of the Mind: A Quest for the Supreme Genius of the Chess Board (with Raymond Keene), 1989, 2002. ISBN 0951375725