Marcel Grossmann
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Marcel Grossmann (April 9, 1878 – September 7, 1936)[2] was a Swiss mathematician and a friend and classmate of Albert Einstein. Grossmann was a member of an old Swiss family from Zürich. His father managed a textile factory. He became a Professor of Mathematics at the Federal Polytechnic School in Zürich, today the ETH Zurich, specializing in descriptive geometry.
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Marcel Grossmann | |
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Born | (1878-04-09)April 9, 1878 |
Died | September 7, 1936(1936-09-07) (aged 58) Zürich, Switzerland |
Citizenship | Swiss-Hungarian |
Alma mater | Federal Polytechnic School |
Awards | Honorary member (1935) of the Swiss Mathematical Society[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Doctoral advisor | Wilhelm Fiedler |
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