Emil Weyr

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Born: 21 July 1848 in Austria
Died: 25 Jan 1894

Emil Weyr taught in Prague and Vienna after studying at Vienna and in Italy. He, together with his brother Eduard Weyr, were the main members of the Austrian geometric school.

They were interested in descriptive geometry, then in projective geometry and their interests turned towards algebraic and synthetic methods in geometry.

Emil Weyr led the geometry school in Vienna throughout the 1880s up until his death.