Johannes F. Finsterbusch (1 June 1855,

Colditz Colditz () is a small town in the district of Leipzig, in Saxony, Germany. It is best known for Colditz Castle, the site of the Oflag IV-C POW camp for officers in World War II. Geography Colditz is situated in the Leipzig Bay, southeast of the c ...

– 1921) was a German mathematician, known for his work on projective geometry. Finsterbusch studied from 1873 to 1880 at Dresden and Leipzig. From 1882 to 1900 he taught as a schoolmaster (''Oberlehrer'') at the '' Realschule'' in Werdau. From 1900 he taught as a professor (''Gymnasialprofessor'') at the Gymnasium in

Zwickau Zwickau (; is, with around 87,500 inhabitants (2020), the fourth-largest city of Saxony after Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz and it is the seat of the Zwickau District. The West Saxon city is situated in the valley of the Zwickau Mulde (German: ' ...

. He was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 1904 at Heidelberg, in 1908 at Rome, and in 1912 at Cambridge UK. In 1889 he married Marie Emma Sophie Gräszer; the marriage produced five children.

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