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Marcel Grossmann

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Marcel Grossmann

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mathematician (1878-1936)

Person · Open Library

Born
1878
Died
1936
Works
2

Top works

  • Elemente der darstellenden geometrie
  • Darstellende Geometrie

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Type
Person
Country
DE
Active from
1994-01-28

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Key facts

Born
Grossmann Marcell , ( 1878-04-09 ) April 9, 1878, Budapest , Austria-Hungary
Died
September 7, 1936 (1936-09-07) (aged 58), Zürich , Switzerland
Alma mater
Federal Polytechnic School
Awards
Honorary member (1935) of the Swiss Mathematical Society
Fields
Mathematics
Doctoral advisor
Wilhelm Fiedler

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Encyclopedic overview

Marcel Grossmann (Hungarian: Grossmann Marcell; April 9, 1878 – September 7, 1936) was a Swiss mathematician who was a friend and classmate of Albert Einstein. Grossmann came from an old Swiss family in Zürich. His father managed a textile factory. He became a Professor of Mathematics at the Federal Polytechnic School in Zürich, today the ETH Zurich, specializing in descriptive geometry.

Grossmann was born to a Jewish family in Budapest.

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