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Emil Weyr
Austrian-Czech mathematician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emil Weyr (31 August / 1 September 1848 – 25 January 1894) was an Austrian-Czech mathematician, known for his numerous publications on geometry.[2]
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Born | (1848-08-31)31 August 1848/(1848-09-01)1 September 1848 |
Died | 25 January 1894(1894-01-25) (aged 45) |
Nationality | Czech |
Alma mater | University of Prague, Ph.D. 1870 Universität Leipzig, Dr. phil. 1869 |
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Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Vienna |
Thesis | Vier gedruckte Abhandlungen aus den Sitzungsberichten der Wiener Akademie[1] |
Doctoral advisor | Otto Wilhelm Fiedler[1] Carl Gottfried Neumann Wilhelm Scheibner [de] |
Doctoral students | Alfred Tauber Wilhelm Wirtinger |
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Born in Prague, Weyr attended the Prague Polytechnic, where he was taught by Heinrich Durège and Otto Wilhelm Fiedler.[2]