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. October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Euclid, detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ... Chess is an abstract strategy board game for two players. ... Stephen Harper is the current Prime Minister of Canada. ... Avril Phaedra Douglas Campbell, usually known as Kim Campbell (born 10 March 1947), was the nineteenth Prime Minister of Canada from 25 June to 4 November 1993. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Established: 1738 (Fort Rouge),1873 (City of Winnipeg) Area: 465. ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... The University of Winnipeg received its charter in 1967 but its roots date back more than 130 years. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. ... The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university with its main campus located at Point Grey, in the University Endowment Lands adjacent to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and another smaller campus known as UBC Okanagan located in Kelowna, British Columbia. ... Discovery Channel Canada is a Canadian cable specialty television channel devoted to science and nature programming. ... Daily Planet is a television program on Discovery Channel Canada and CTV, which features daily news, discussion and commentary on the scientific aspects of current events. ...

Divinsky has served on the Vancouver School Board and as an alderman on Vancouver's city council. Some Schools: Elementary Schools: Lord Selkirk Main & Annex, John Henderson Main & Annex, Britannia, Sir Guy Carleton, McBride Main & Annex, Queen Victoria, Queen Alexandra, Sir Charles Dickens Main & Annex Secondary Schools: Britannia, Gladstone, Prince of Wales, John Oliver Categories: | ... An alderman is a member of a municipal legislative body in a town or city with many jurisdictions. ...

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

Raymond Keene (born 1948) is an influential figure in the chess world off the board, bringing many notable chess events to London. ...

References

• Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry. URL accessed on February 7, 2006.

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External links

• Nathan Divinsky at ChessGames.com