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Daniel Friedrich Hecht
Born(1777-07-08)July 8, 1777
Sosa, Electorate of Saxony, now Germany
DiedMarch 13, 1833(1833-03-13) (aged 55)
Freiberg, Kingdom of Saxony, now Germany
Known forTextbooks
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, Mechanics
InstitutionsBergakademie, now University of Freiberg

Daniel Friedrich Hecht (8 July 1777 in Sosa – 13 March 1833 in Saxony) was a German mathematician.[1] He was a mine manager, then a teacher and finally a professor of mathematics. He is most notable for writing high school textbooks on math and geometry.

References

  1. ^ http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Hecht.html

Further reading

  • M Koch, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970–1990).
  • C Schiffner, Daniel Friedrich Hecht, Aus dem Leben alter Freiberger Bergstudenten I (Freiberg, 1935), 244–245.


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