I was enjoying this article because it all rang true to the man. Until this:
"On another trip to Chennai, when Erdős heard of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan’s destitute widow, he wrote her a cheque. This quirky genius gave away most of his earnings."
"On another trip to Chennai, when Erdős heard of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan’s destitute widow, he wrote her a cheque. This quirky genius gave away most of his earnings."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan - died in 1920
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erd%C5%91s - born in 1913