Wangerin

Albert Wangerin

Born: 18 Nov 1844 in Greiffenberg, Pomerania, Germany
Died: 25 Oct 1933 in Halle, Germany

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Wangerin studied under Franz Neumann and worked in Posen, Berlin and Halle. His research was on potential theory, spherical functions and differential geometry.

Wangerin's main contribution was his writing of textbooks, writing for encyclopaedias and historical writings. For example, Wangerin wrote on Eduard Heine in 1928.

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. W Lorey, Bericht über die Feier der 80 Wiederkehr des Geburtstages des Herrn Geh. Rats Prof. Dr. Wangerin, Jahresberichte der Deutschen Mathematiker vereinigung 34 (1926), 108-111. 
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