Queen Elizabeth II in 1962.

Biography

Shoenberg was born on 1 March 1880 to Jewish parents in Pinsk, Imperial Russia (now Belarus) and studied mathematics and electricity at Kiev Polytechnic Institute.

He met his wife, Esther Aisenstein, while they both studied at Kiev. Esther was the first cousin of his friend and long time collaborator Simeon Aisenstein.

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