Ignatz Mühlwenzek
Optician, member of the Jesuit order, and professor of mathematics
About Ignatz Mühlwenzek
Lived 1690 – 1766 (aged 75–76). Ignatz Mühlwenzek was a mathematician.
Ignatz Heinrich Mühlwenzel ( – 11 July 1766) was a Czech mathematician.
Life Ignatz Heinrich Mühlwenzel (referred to in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich as Heinrich Mühlwenzel) was a member of the Jesuit order and a professor of mathematics at the University of Prague. He was of minority German ethnicity in western border of the Kingdom of Bohemia. He was a skilled optician who ground lenses for his own telescopes. Mühlwenzel is notable because his mathematical "descendants," which include Johann Radon, number more than 10,000.
In 1736, he published Fundamenta mathematica ex arithmetica, geometria et trigonometria.
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Who was Ignatz Mühlwenzek?
optician, member of the Jesuit order, and professor of mathematics
When was Ignatz Mühlwenzek born?
Ignatz Mühlwenzek was born in 1690 in Cheb.
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Ignatz Mühlwenzek died on 7 November 1766 in Prague.
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Ignatz Mühlwenzek was a mathematician.
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