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Pringsheim was born in Ohlau, Province of Silesia (now Oława, Poland). He came from an extremely wealthy Silesian merchant family with Jewish roots. He was the first-born child and only son of the Upper Silesian railway entrepreneur and coal mine owner Rudolf Pringsheim (1821–1901) and his wife Paula, née Deutschmann (1827–1909).
Alfred grew up in Breslau where he became passionate about music, art and mathematics. He became an excellent pianist and his musical tastes were much influenced by Richard Wagner who, although much older than Pringsheim, became friendly with the talented young man. Having studied mathematics in Berlin in 1868, Pringsheim became a follower of ...
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Nov 30, 2021 · Apart from Perron, Pringsheim’s most distinguished student was Fritz Hartogs (1874–1943), who provided foundational results in the theory of several complex variables. The University of Heidelberg has in its archives a printed list of Pringsheim’s mathematical works 1875–1933 donated by Pringsheim himself . The first two papers, on the ...
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Nathanael Pringsheim was born at Landsberg, Prussian Silesia, and studied at the universities of Breslau, Leipzig, and Berlin successively. [1] He graduated in 1848 as doctor of philosophy with the thesis De forma et incremento stratorum crassiorum in plantarum cellula, and rapidly became a leader in the great botanical renaissance of the 19th ...
May 11, 2018 · In the face of Pringsheim’s attraction to science, his father urged that he at least direct those interests toward a career in the secure and practical field of medicine. In the winter term of 1843–1844. to meet his father’s wishes, Pringsheim transferred to the medical faculty at the University of Breslau, having already spent several ...
May 21, 2024 · Quick Reference. (1823–1894) German botanist. Pringsheim, who was born at Wziesko (now in Poland), studied medicine at the universities of Breslau and Leipzig. However, his interest turned to natural science when he moved to the University of Berlin; he gained his PhD in 1848 with a thesis on the growth and thickness of plant cell walls.
Nathanael Pringsheim1823-1894 German botanist who investigated reproduction in plants. Pringsheim was among the first to observe sexual reproduction in algae. He showed that these tiny organisms release sperm and egg cells into the water, where they combine. He also described the alternation of generations, or reproduction by spores, in mosses.
