Moritz Benedikt Cantor
Moritz Benedikt Cantor
1829-1920
German historian of mathematics whose four-volume Vorlesungen über Geschichte der Mathematik (Lectures on the History of Mathematics, published 1880-1908) is still considered one of the finest works in the field. It covers mathematical developments from the earliest times through the eighteenth century. Cantor spent his career as a professor at the University of Heidelberg. He was an editor of the journal Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik, in which several of his papers were published.
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