EntityQ123514· pop 41· linked from 90 articlesJakob SteinerSign in to saveSwiss mathematician (1796-1863)Key factsBorn( 1796-03-18 ) 18 March 1796, Utzenstorf , Canton of Bern , Old Swiss ConfederacyDied1 April 1863 (1863-04-01) (aged 67), Bern , SwitzerlandKnown forEuclidean geometry , Projective geometry , Synthetic geometryFieldsMathematicsvia Wikipedia infoboxArticleJakob Steiner (18 March 1796 – 1 April 1863) was a Swiss mathematician who worked primarily in geometry.LifeRead full article (48 paragraphs)Connectionsmaxima and minimaEntitySwitzerlandCountryCategories1796 births1863 deaths19th-century Swiss mathematiciansGeometersPeople from Emmental District