Wilhelm Schell
Wilhelm Schell (born October 31, 1826 in Fulda , † February 13, 1904 in Karlsruhe ; full name: Wilhelm Joseph Friedrich Nikolaus Schell ) was a German mathematician and university professor .
Schell grew up in Fulda and studied mathematics at the Philipps University in Marburg and at the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin . In 1849 he passed his teaching examination in Berlin . In 1851 he was in Marburg with his dissertation about the handling easier crooked surfaces doctorate . In the same year he completed his habilitation and became a private lecturer at the Philipps University of Marburg and from 1856 an associate professor . In 1861 he became a teacher of geometry at the Polytechnic School in Karlsruhe and in 1863, as the successor to Alfred Clebsch, he became a full professor of theoretical mechanics and synthetic geometry . Schell also read about analysis .
He was significantly involved in the transformation of the Karlsruhe Polytechnic into a technical university and worked out the habilitation regulations. He had been involved in building up the university library, the holdings of which were scattered across the individual faculties before he took office, since 1867; the following year he was officially commissioned.
In 1891 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1901 he retired .
He was awarded the honorary title of Privy Councilor ( Grand Ducal Baden ) .
Schell played the organ and piano privately , he also dealt with the history of music .
"Schell was a peculiar personality and an excellent teacher who, however, placed high demands on his listeners due to the scientific nature of his lecture."
Fonts
- Theory of the Movement of Forces. A textbook of technical mechanics. BG Teubner , Leipzig 1870. ( digitized version ) ( digitized version, Gallica )
- Erich Salkowski (Ed.): Wilhelm Schells general theory of the curves of double curvature. 3rd edition, BG Teubner, Leipzig 1914. ( digitized version )
literature
- N / A: Wilhelm Schell †. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 38, 1904, No. 16 (from February 24, 1904), p. 95.
- Ruthardt Oehme, Karl Theodor Schmidt: History of the library of the Technical University Fridericiana 1825–1952. Karlsruhe 1965, p. 22 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to Michael Toepell: Directory of members of the German Mathematicians Association 1890-1990 Munich 1991.
- ^ Wilhelm Schell in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
- ^ Member entry of Wilhelm Schell at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on February 25, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schell, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schell, Wilhelm Joseph Friedrich Nikolaus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fulda |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1904 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |