Leo Königsberger
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Leo Königsberger (15 October 1837 – 15 December 1921) was a German mathematician, and historian of science. He is best known for his three-volume biography[1] of Hermann von Helmholtz, which remains the standard reference on the subject.
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Leo Königsberger | |
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Born | (1837-10-15)15 October 1837 |
Died | 15 December 1921(1921-12-15) (aged 84) |
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Berlin (Ph.D., 1860) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Heidelberg University of Vienna |
Thesis | De motu puncti versus duo fixa centra attracti (1860) |
Doctoral advisor | Karl Weierstrass Ernst Kummer |
Doctoral students | Gustav Mie Karl Bopp Jakob Horn Edmund Husserl Gyula Kőnig Martin Krause Georg Alexander Pick Alfred Pringsheim Mór Réthy Max Wolf |
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