Emil Weyr

Emil Weyr (31 August / 1 September 1848 – 25 January 1894) was an Austrian-Czech mathematician, known for his numerous publications on geometry.

Emil Weyr
Born(1848-08-31)31 August 1848/(1848-09-01)1 September 1848
Prague, Bohemia
Died25 January 1894(1894-01-25) (aged 45)
NationalityCzech
Alma materUniversity of Prague, Ph.D. 1870
Universität Leipzig, Dr. phil. 1869
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Vienna
Thesis Vier gedruckte Abhandlungen aus den Sitzungsberichten der Wiener Akademie
Doctoral advisorOtto Wilhelm Fiedler
Carl Gottfried Neumann
Wilhelm Scheibner
Doctoral studentsAlfred Tauber
Wilhelm Wirtinger

Born in Prague, Weyr attended the Prague Polytechnic, where he was taught by Heinrich Durège and Otto Wilhelm Fiedler.

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