Wilhelm Adolf Diesterweg
Wilhelm Adolf Diesterweg (born November 27, 1782 in Siegen , † June 13, 1835 in Bonn ) was a German mathematician.
Life
Diesterweg studied Protestant theology and later mathematics at the Hessian Ludwig University and the Eberhard Karls University . He became a member of the Corps Rhenania Gießen and Suevia Tübingen I. In 1809 he completed his habilitation at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . In the same year he became professor of mathematics and physics at the Karl-Friedrich-Gymnasium Mannheim . In 1819 he came to the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn as full professor of mathematics . Later he was also director of the scientific examination board. In 1831/32 he was the rector of the university. Of his writings, the translations of Apollonios by Perge "De sectione rationis" (Berlin 1824), "De sectione determinata" (Mainz 1822), "De inclinationibus" (Berlin 1823), "De sectione spatii" (Elberfeld 1827), as well as the geometrical tasks processed according to the method of the Greeks (2 collections, Berlin 1825, Elberfeld 1828).
See also
literature
- Moritz Cantor : Diesterweg, Wilhelm Adolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 153.
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Adolf Diesterweg in the catalog of the German National Library
- The Diesterweg library in the ULB Bonn
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corps lists 1910, 56/108; 197/10
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diesterweg, Wilhelm Adolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Diesterweg, Wilhelm Adolph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1782 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wins |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1835 |
| Place of death | Bonn |