Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi
Mohammad Ali Modjtahedi محمد علی مجتهدی | |
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| Born | September 23, 1908 |
| Died | July 1, 1997 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Citizenship |  Iran France |
| Alma mater | University of Lille University of Paris |
| Known for | Mathematics Mechanical Engineering |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Professor |
| Institutions | Alborz High School |
Dr. Mohammad Ali Modjtahedi (23 September 1908 – 1 July 1997) was an Iranian University professor and lifetime principal of the highly prestigious Alborz High School in Tehran, Iran.
Founder of Sharif University of Technology (originally Aryamehr Technical University) and dean of Tehran Polytechnic University (currently renamed to Amirkabir University of Technology). Memoirs of Mohammad-Ali Modjtahedi (Persian) 2000 were published as part of Harvard University's Iranian Oral History Project, editor Habib Ladjevardi. ISBN 964-7359-10-1
Life
He was born in Lahijan, Guilan in the northern part of Iran. He started his elementary school at the age of seven at Haghighat school after which he came to Tehran to continue his education at the Daar-Ol-Moallemin-E-Markazi in 1925. He finished high school at Madrese-Motevasete in the eastern part of Tehran and received his high school diploma in 1931. In 1932, among 100 other prominent students, he was sent to France for higher education. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Université Lille Nord de France in 1935 and his doctorate at the Paris-Sorbonne University in 1938. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 1938.[1]
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