What year was Vito Volterra forced to resign from his positions in Italy?
1931
1935
1929
1933
Answer
Vito Volterra was forced to resign from his positions in Italy in 1931. The Fascist government, which had come to power in 1922, was increasingly anti-Semitic, and Volterra was Jewish. He was forced to resign from his positions at the University of Rome and the Royal Academy of Italy. He moved to France, where he continued his work as a mathematician and physicist.
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