Albin Herzog (1852–1909) was a Swiss
mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change.
History
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who was director of the
ETH Zurich
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Life and work
Herzog studied in the high schools of
Steckborn
Steckborn is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
It is located on the south-western arm of Lake Constance known in German as the Untersee ("Lower Lake").
History
The area around Steckborn was alread ...
and
Frauenfeld. Between 1870 and 1874 he studied mathematics al
Polytechnicum of Zurich and in 1875 he was awarded a doctorate from the
University of Zurich. The same year he began teaching at Polytechnicum of Zurich, where he remained the rest of his life, as director of the Mechanical Technical Department and General Manager from 1895 to 1899. During his time as general manager,
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein ( ; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theor ...
flunked the entrance exam, failing in French, chemistry, and biology, but Herzog seeing his extraordinary marks in physics and mathematics, recommended Einstein spend a year in the of
Aarau
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, promising to admit him the following year.
Herzog was an outstanding professor who connected the mathematical basis of mechanics with his practical applications. He also published several articles on mathematical mechanics.
Besides his academic activities, Herzog was president of the escolar commission (1889–1993) and councilor of the city of Zurich.
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19th-century Swiss mathematicians
20th-century Swiss mathematicians
1852 births
1909 deaths