Henri Fehr (Zurich, 2 February 1870 – Geneva, 2 November 1954) was a

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mathematician. He was the founder of the Foundation for the Advancement of Mathematical Sciences, of the journal "

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" and of the journal " L'Enseignement mathématique" along with

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. Fehr's interests in mathematics were scientific and social as is demonstrated by his involvement in academic life, committees for the improvement of mathematical instruction, education of teachers and internationalization of mathematics. He studied in Switzerland and in

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. His doctoral dissertation was about the method of Grassmann vectors applied to differential geometry. Fehr was professor of the

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and later dean, vice-rector and rector. He was considered an pedagogue with an interest for the social aspects of the mathematics community and for the academic life. He was an Invited Speaker at the ICM in 1904 in Heidelberg, in 1908 in Rome, in 1912 in Cambridge, England, in 1924 in Toronto, and in 1932 in Zürich.

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and

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Fonds Henri Fehr, Bibliothèque de Genève, Catalogue des manuscrits
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fehr, Henri 1870 births 1954 deaths Scientists from Zürich Swiss mathematicians University of Geneva faculty