Moritz Allé Explained

Moritz Allé
Other Names:Moriz Allé, Mauritius Allé
Birth Date:19 September 1837
Birth Place:Brno, Moravia
Death Place:Baden bei Wien, Austria
Education:University of Vienna
University of Kiel
Workplaces:Graz University of Technology
TU Vienna
University of Vienna

Moritz Allé (1837–1913)[1] was an Austrian astronomer and mathematician, one of the teachers of Nikola Tesla.[2]

Scientific career

Allé studied mathematics at the University of Vienna. After his university graduation, Allé startet his professional career as an assistant at the Vienna Observatory in 1856.[3] He was appointed Adjunkt (senior position) at the observatory in Kraków in 1859.[4] In 1860 he completed his PhD at the University of Kiel. In 1862 he was appointed Adjunkt at the observatory in Prague.[5] It was there where he completed his habilitation in mathematics in 1863.[6] In 1867, Allé was appointed professor of mathematics at the Joanneum in Graz[7] and was elected as its rector in 1875/76.[8] In June 1882 Allé was appointed professor of mathematics at the Deutsche Technische Hochschule in Prague.[9] There, he was also dean for five periods and different faculties[10] [11] but declined serving as rector after his election in June 1887 for health reasons.[12] In 1896 he succeeded Josef Kolbe at the chair of mathematics at the Polytechnic Institute in Vienna, where he served as rector as well in 1900/01. Upon his retirement in 1906, Allé was awarded the emperial title of a Hofrat.[13]

Allé was known as an excellent and sympathetic teacher and thus much appreciated by his students. In his autobiography, Nikola Tesla describes him as the most brilliant lecturer to whom I ever listened.[14]

Private life

Moritz Allé passed away on April 6, 1913 and was buried on April 8 in Baden.

Scientific contributions

The early scientific work of Allé led to a number of publications in astronomy where he contributed on orbit determination of planets and comets.[15] He later gave up this field of research in favour of mathematics.

Publications

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Notes and References

  1. Acta Historiae Rerum Naturalium Necnon Technicarum [Czechoslovak studies in the history of science]. none. 1977. 157.
  2. Book: Simpozij Nikola Tesla: u okviru programa proslave 120. obljetnice rođenja Nikole Tesle. Nikola Tesla Symposium: as part of the program to celebrate the 120th anniversary of Nikola Tesla's birth. Zagreb. Smiljan. Gospić. 1976. 175.
  3. Web site: Kleine Chronik (in Wiener Zeitung'), page 28 . German . onb.ac.at . 2021-10-28.
  4. Web site: Amtlicher Theil (in Laibacher Zeitung), page 1 . German . onb.ac.at . 2021-10-28.
  5. Web site: Amtlicher Theil (in Grazer Zeitung), page 1 . German . onb.ac.at . 2021-10-28.
  6. Web site: Tagesnachrichten (in Das Vaterland), page 3 . German . onb.ac.at . 2021-10-28.
  7. Web site: Hof- und Personalnachrichten (in Fremden-Blatt), page 35 . German . onb.ac.at . 2021-10-28.
  8. Web site: Grazer- und Provinzial-Nachrichten 21. Juli (in Tagespost (Graz)), page 3 . German . onb.ac.at . 2021-10-28.
  9. Web site: Amtlicher Theil (in Wiener Tageszeitung), page 1 . German . onb.ac.at . 2021-10-28.
  10. Web site: Prager und Provinzialnachrichten (in Prager Abendblatt), page 2 . German . onb.ac.at . 2021-10-28.
  11. Web site: Prager und Provinzialnachrichten (in Prager Abendblatt), page 3 . German . onb.ac.at . 2021-10-28.
  12. Web site: Vom Tage (in Prager Tagblatt), page 2 . German . onb.ac.at . 2021-10-28.
  13. Web site: Von den Hochschulen (in Neue Freie Presse), page 28 . German . onb.ac.at . 2021-10-28.
  14. Book: Nikola Tesla . My inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla . 2016 . SEVERUS Verlag . 978-3-95801-613-2. 33–34.
  15. Web site: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon . Allé, Moritz (1837-1913), Mathematiker . German . biographien.ac.at . 2021-10-28.