Wilhelm Scheibner

German mathematician
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Summary

Wilhelm Scheibner was born in Gotha[1]. He died in Leipzig[2]. He worked as a mathematician[3], astronomer[4], university teacher[5], secondary school teacher[6], and civil servant[7]. He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Kingdom of Saxony[9]
  • Native language: German[10]
  • Field of work: mathematics[11], mathematical analysis[12], potential theory[13], function[14], elliptic function[15], series[16], integral[17], number theory[18]
  • Employer: Leipzig University[19]
  • Educated at: Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg[20], Leipzig University[21]
  • Doctoral advisor: Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi[22]
  • Sex or gender: male[23]
  • Doctoral student: Paul Harzer[24], Adolf Hurwitz[25], Friedrich Engel[26], Bruno Edmund August Peter[27], James Craig Watson[28], Emil Weyr[29], William Edward Story[30], Ernst Fiedler[31], Otto Staude[32], Erwin Papperitz[33], Friedrich Robert Helmert[34], Johannes Franz Hartmann[35], Emil Naetsch[36], Gustav Roch[37]

FAQs

Where was Wilhelm Scheibner born?

Wilhelm Scheibner's place of birth was Gotha[1].

Where did Wilhelm Scheibner die?

Wilhelm Scheibner died in Leipzig[2].

What did Wilhelm Scheibner do for work?

Wilhelm Scheibner worked as a mathematician[3], astronomer[4], university teacher[5], secondary school teacher[6], and civil servant[7].

Where did Wilhelm Scheibner go to school?

Wilhelm Scheibner was educated at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg[20] and Leipzig University[21].

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  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  6. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . genealogy.ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . genealogy.ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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