Meyer

Freidrich Wilhelm Franz Meyer

Born: 2 Sept 1856 in Magdeburg, Germany
Died: 11 June 1934 in Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia)

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Meyer studied at Berlin taking courses by Kummer, Weierstrass and Kronecker, then he taught at Königsberg for 27 years.

He studied algebraic geometry, algebraic curves and invariant theory. Together with Heinrich Weber and Klein, he founded the Encyclopädie der Mathematisches Wissenschaften which was a massive project producing 20 volumes between 1900 and 1930.

Meyer wrote many articles and was an exceptional editor since he had written 2000 reviews for Fortschritte der Mathematik .

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. B Arndt, W F Meyer zum Gedächtnis, Jahresberichte der Deutschen Mathematiker vereinigung 45 (1935), 99-113. 
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