Mathematician:Moritz Benedikt Cantor

Mathematician
German historian of mathematics.

Nationality
German

History

 * Born: 23 August 1829 in Mannheim, Baden (now Germany)
 * 1848: Entered Heidelberg University
 * 1849 -- 1851: at University of Göttingen
 * 1852: Attended courses in Berlin
 * 1853 Appointed as a docent at the University of Heidelberg
 * Died: 9 April 1920 in Heidelberg, Germany

Publications

 * 1851: Über ein weniger gebräuchliches Koordinatensystem ("On a less common coordinate system")
 * 1853: Grundzüge einer Elementararithmetik ("Essence of elementary arithmetic")
 * 1856: Über die Einführung unserer gegenwärtigen Ziffern in Europa ("On the introduction of our current numbers in Europe")
 * 1863: Mathematische Beiträge zum Kulturleben der Völker ("Mathematical contributions to the cultural life of the people")
 * 1867: Euclid und sein Jahrhundert ("Euclid and his century")
 * 1875 Die römischen Agrimensoren und ihre Stellung in der Geschichte der Feldmesskunst ("The Roman land surveyors and their place in the history of field measurement")


 * ("Lectures on the history of mathematics")
 * 1880: Volume 1: From the earliest times until 1200
 * 1892: Volume 2: From 1200 to 1668
 * 1894-1896: Volume 3: From 1668 to 1758
 * 1908: Volume 4: From 1759 to 1799 (with nine collaborators, Cantor as editor)