Emil Weyr

Emil Weyr
Born(1848-08-31)31 August 1848/(1848-09-01)1 September 1848
Died25 January 1894(1894-01-25) (aged 45)
NationalityCzech
Alma materUniversity of Prague, Ph.D. 1870
Universität Leipzig, Dr. phil. 1869
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Vienna
Thesis Vier gedruckte Abhandlungen aus den Sitzungsberichten der Wiener Akademie[1]
Doctoral advisorOtto Wilhelm Fiedler[1]
Carl Gottfried Neumann
Wilhelm Scheibner [de]
Doctoral studentsAlfred Tauber
Wilhelm Wirtinger

Emil Weyr (31 August / 1 September 1848 – 25 January 1894) was an Austrian-Czech mathematician, known for his numerous publications on geometry.[2]

Born in Prague, Weyr attended the Prague Polytechnic, where he was taught by Heinrich Durège and Otto Wilhelm Fiedler.[2]

  1. ^ a b Emil Weyr at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ a b O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Emil Weyr", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews