Marcel Grossmann
Marcel Grossmann | |
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| Born | Grossmann Marcell April 9, 1878 |
| Died | September 7, 1936 (aged 58) Zürich, Switzerland |
| Alma mater | Federal Polytechnic School |
| Awards | Honorary member (1935) of the Swiss Mathematical Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Doctoral advisor | Wilhelm Fiedler |
Marcel Grossmann (Hungarian: Grossmann Marcell; April 9, 1878 – September 7, 1936) was a Swiss mathematician who was a friend and classmate of Albert Einstein. Grossmann came from an old Swiss family in Zürich. His father managed a textile factory. He became a Professor of Mathematics at the Federal Polytechnic School in Zürich, today the ETH Zurich, specializing in descriptive geometry.