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Moritz Allé (1837–1913) was an
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n astronomer and mathematician, one of the teachers of
Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla (;"Tesla"
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Scientific career

Allé studied mathematics at the
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. After his university graduation, Allé startet his professional career as an assistant at the Vienna Observatory in 1856. He was appointed ''Adjunkt'' (senior position) at the observatory in
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in 1859. In 1860 he completed his PhD at the
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. In 1862 he was appointed ''Adjunkt'' at the observatory in
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. It was there where he completed his
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in mathematics in 1863. In 1867, Allé was appointed professor of mathematics at the Joanneum in
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and was elected as its rector in 1875/76. In June 1882 Allé was appointed professor of mathematics at the ''Deutsche Technische Hochschule'' in Prague. There, he was also dean for five periods and different faculties but declined serving as rector after his election in June 1887 for health reasons. In 1896 he succeeded Josef Kolbe at the chair of mathematics at the Polytechnic Institute in
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, where he served as rector as well in 1900/01. Upon his retirement in 1906, Allé was awarded the imperial title of a '' Hofrat''. Allé was known as an excellent and sympathetic teacher and thus much appreciated by his students. In his autobiography, Nikola Tesla describes him as ''the most brilliant lecturer to whom I ever listened.''


Private life

Moritz Allé passed away on April 6, 1913 and was buried on April 8 in Baden.


Scientific contributions

The early scientific work of Allé led to a number of publications in astronomy where he contributed on orbit determination of planets and comets. He later gave up this field of research in favour of mathematics.


Publications

*Allé, M.:Die Opposition der Calliope im Jahre 1857. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 21, 1856, pp. 379–381. *Allé, M.:Die Bahn der Laetitia.Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 24, 1857, pp. 159–161. *Allé, M.:Die Bahn der Leda. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 32, 1858, pp. 258f. * Allé, M.:Die Bahn der Nemausa. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 38, 1859, pp. 749–757. *Allé, M.:De methodis variis perturbationes speciales dictas computandi. Kiel, 1860.Disertace na univerzitě v Kielu. *Allé, M.:Die Bahn der Leda.Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 43, 1861, pp. 585f. *Allé, M.:Über die Entwicklung von Funktionen in Reihen, die nach einer besonderen Gattung algebraischer Ausdrücke fortschreiten. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 52, 1865, pp. 453–478. *Allé, M.:Ein Beitrag zur Theorie der Funktionen von drei Veränderlichen.Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 72, 1875, pp. 289–310. * Allé, M.:Über die Bewegungsgleichungen eines Systems von Punkten. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 73, 1876, pp. 25–46. *Allé, M.: Zur Theorie des Gaussschen Krümmungsmasses. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 74, 1877, pp. 9–38. *Allé, M.:Beiträge zur Theorie des Doppelverhältnisses und zur Raumkollineation. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 85, 1881, pp. 1021–1034. *Allé, M.:Über die Ableitung der Gleichungen der drehenden Bewegung eines starren Körpers nach der Grassmannschen Analyse. Mitteilungen der Mathematischen Gesellschaft zu Prag, 1892, pp. 64–68. *Allé, M.:Ein Beitrag zur Theorie der Evoluten. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 113, 1904, pp. 53–70. *Allé, M.: Über infinitesimale Transformation. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 113, 1904, pp. 681–720.


References


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Allé bibliography
Lenka Lomtatidze, 2003. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alle, Moritz 1837 births 1913 deaths Scientists from Brno People from the Margraviate of Moravia Astronomers from Austria-Hungary Austrian mathematicians Mathematicians from Austria-Hungary University of Vienna alumni Nikola Tesla Academic staff of the Graz University of Technology University of Kiel alumni Academic staff of TU Wien