Friedrich Prym, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Friedrich Prym

German mathematician

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1841

Place of Birth: Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 15-Dec-1915

Profession: mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Friedrich Emil Fritz Prym (28 September 1841, Düren – 15 December 1915, Bonn) was a German mathematician who introduced Prym varieties and Prym differentials. Prym completed his Ph.D.
at the University of Berlin in 1863 with a thesis written under the direction of Ernst Kummer and Martin Ohm.
In 1867 he started a Professor at the University of Würzburg, where he later became Dean, and then Rector in 1897–98.