Bohumil Bydžovský

Bohumil Bydžovský (14 March 1880 – 6 May 1969) was a Czech mathematician, specializing in algebraic geometry and algebra.

Education and career Bydžovský was born in Duchcov on 14 March 1880. In 1898, he graduated at the Academic Gymnasium in Prague and then studied mathematics (in particular, geometry taught by Eduard Weyr) and physics at the Charles University in Prague. There Bydžovský received his Ph.D. (promotion) in 1903 with thesis supervised by Karel Petr. Bydzovksy became a teacher at secondary schools, including the real school in |Prague-Karlín from 1907 to 1910 (with the title of Professor). In 1909 he received his habilitation in mathematics, then lectured at the Polytechnic in Prague, and then in 1911 received his habilitation in engineering. He became in 1917 professor extraordinarius and in 1920 professor ordinarius at the Charles University in Prague. He was in 1930–1931 dean of the Faculty of Sciences and in 1946 rector of the Charles University in Prague. In 1949 he became the chair of the Czechoslovak National Research Council. in 1924 in Toronto, in 1928 in Bologna, and in 1936 in Oslo.

Personal He married and was the father of two sons.