Ernest Julius Wilczynski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernest Julius Wilczynski

mathematician

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1876

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 14-Sep-1932

Profession: mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ernest Julius Wilczynski (November 13, 1876 – September 14, 1932) was an American mathematician considered the founder of projective differential geometry.Born in Hamburg, Germany, Wilczynski's family emigrated to America and settled in Chicago, Illinois when he was very young.
He attended public school in the US but went to college in Germany and received his PhD from the University of Berlin in 1897.
He taught at the University of California until 1907, the University of Illinois from 1907 to 1910, and the University of Chicago from 1910 until illness forced his absence from the classroom in 1923.
His doctoral students include Archibald Henderson, Ernest Preston Lane, Pauline Sperry, Ellis Stouffer, and Charles Thompson Sullivan.