Wilhelm Weiss
Austro-Hungarian mathematician
About Wilhelm Weiss
Lived 1859 – 1904 (aged 45). Wilhelm Weiss was a mathematician, secondary school teacher and teacher.
Wilhelm Weiss (; 3 February 1859 – 18 June 1904) was an Austro-Hungarian mathematician.
Weiss received his early education from his father, who was a teacher at Řitka; and from 1881 to 1887 he studied successively at the universities of Prague, Leipsic, and Erlangen, from where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1887. From 1887 to 1894 he was instructor in mathematics at the , becoming lecturer in 1894, deputy professor in 1896, assistant professor in 1897, and professor in 1900. From 1901 to 1902 he was dean of the school of engineers at the same institution. He taught there until his death in June 1904.
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Austro-Hungarian mathematician
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Wilhelm Weiss was born on 3 February 1859 in Řitka.
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Wilhelm Weiss died on 18 June 1904 in Prague, New Town.
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Wilhelm Weiss was a mathematician, secondary school teacher and teacher.
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