Marcel Grossmann

Marcel Grossmann
Born(1878-04-09)April 9, 1878
DiedSeptember 7, 1936(1936-09-07) (aged 58)
Zürich, Switzerland
CitizenshipSwiss-Hungarian
Alma materFederal Polytechnic School
AwardsHonorary member (1935) of the Swiss Mathematical Society[1]
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Doctoral advisorWilhelm Fiedler

Marcel Grossmann (April 9, 1878 – September 7, 1936)[2] 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.

  1. ^ "Honorary Members of the SMS".
  2. ^ Kollros, Louis (1937), "Prof. Dr. Marcel Grossmann 1878–1936", SchweizerischeNaturforschende Gesellschaft. Verhandlungen, 118: 325–329

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