Q:Facts:   - doctoral students: shimshon amitsur    - fields: mathematics    - death date: 25 february 1956 -lrb- age 51 -rrb-    - workplaces: hebrew university    - doctoral advisor: emmy noether      - birth date: 17 august 1904    - name: jacob levitzki    - nationality: isr israeli    - death place: jerusalem , israel    - birth place: sevastopol , russian empire -lrb- present-day ukraine -rrb-    - alma mater: university of göttingen   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jacob levitzki .
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jacob levitzki , also known as yaakov levitsky -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 17 august 1904 - 25 february 1956 -rrb- was an israeli mathematician .