Suter

Heinrich Suter

Born: 4 Jan 1848 in Hedingen, Zurich Canton, Switzerland
Died: 17 March 1922 in Dornach, Switzerland

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Suter studied at the University of Zurich where he was taught by Christoffel, Reye, Geiser and Wolf. He then studied at Berlin under Kronecker, Kummer and Weierstrass. Suter obtained a doctorate from Zurich in 1871 on the history of mathematics.

Suter taught mathematics and physics in Swiss schools and became the leading expert on Muslim mathematics.

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. J Ruska, Heinrich Suter, Isis 5 (1923), 408-417. 
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