Johannes Finsterbusch
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Johannes F. Finsterbusch (1 June 1855, Colditz – 1921) was a German mathematician,[1] known for his work on projective geometry.[2]
Finsterbusch studied from 1873 to 1880 at Dresden and Leipzig. From 1882 to 1900 he taught as a schoolmaster (Oberlehrer) at the Realschule in Werdau. From 1900 he taught as a professor (Gymnasialprofessor) at the Gymnasium in Zwickau. He was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 1904 at Heidelberg,[3] in 1908 at Rome,[4] and in 1912 at Cambridge UK.[5]
In 1889 he married Marie Emma Sophie Gräszer; the marriage produced five children.
