Emil Weyr

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Emil Weyr

1848–1894

A leading 19th-century geometer, he helped shape mathematics teaching in Austria while building an influential academic career in Prague and Vienna.

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Über die Geometrie der alten Aegypter.

Über die Geometrie der alten Aegypter.

by Emil Weyr

About the author

Born in Prague on August 31, 1848, Emil Weyr became an important mathematician best known for his work in geometry. He later taught at the polytechnical college in Prague and, from 1875, at the University of Vienna.

Weyr had a strong influence on the teaching of geometry in Austria. Along with Gustav von Escherich, he also helped found Monatshefte für Mathematik und Physik in 1890, a journal that became an important outlet for mathematical research.

He died in Vienna on January 25, 1894. Though his life was relatively short, his work and teaching left a lasting mark on Central European mathematics.