Edwin Feyer

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Edwin Julius Reinhold Feyer (born July 15, 1888 in Breslau , † February 13, 1948 in Stuttgart ) was a German geodesist .

Life

Edwin Feyer was an assistant for geometry at the Technical University in Breslau from 1914 to 1927 . After his doctorate as Dr. phil. in 1919 he became a private lecturer in mathematics in 1921 , received a teaching position for geodesy in 1924 and finally in 1927 he became senior assistant for geometry at the TH Breslau. In 1929 he became an associate professor.

From 1936 to 1938 he was a “development worker” together with other German lecturers as a professor in the German Reich Service at the State Chinese Tung-Chi University in Woosung near Shanghai . There he was responsible for setting up a course in surveying. When Shanghai was occupied by Japanese troops, he returned to Germany with the German delegation in 1939 and became a full professor at the Technical University of Hanover . Finally in 1943 he was appointed full professor and director of the Geodetic Institute at the Technical University of Stuttgart , where he taught until 1945.

Feyer was married to Margarethe Freysoldt (* December 17, 1892 in Pößneck; † unknown), daughter of Wilhelm Freysoldt (1847-1939), factory owner in Pößneck, and Emma Tompel (1866-1948). From this marriage there was a daughter.

literature

  • Willibald Reichertz: East Germans as lecturers at the Technical University of Hanover (1831–1956) . In: East German family studies . XVIII (55th year), No. 3 . Degener & Co, Insingen 2007, p. 109-120 .

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personal data
SURNAME Feyer, Edwin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Feyer, Edwin Julius Reinhold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geodesist
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw , Lower Silesia
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1948
Place of death Stuttgart