In the history of mathematics, Bernard Bolzano is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Bernard Bolzano as Bohemian mathematician and priest (1781–1848).
Bernard Bolzano was born at Prague in 1781. His recorded nationality is the Kingdom of Bohemia. He was educated at Charles University and Piarist College and Gymnasium.
The eighteenth century organised knowledge into academies, expeditions and collections, and turned patronage into something closer to a profession.
Bernard Bolzano is described as mathematician, logician and philosopher of science.
His affiliations include Charles University.
Bernard Bolzano is associated first and foremost with liberal views. Mathematical work is judged by whether anyone can build on it, and that judgement takes decades.
The surviving body of work includes (ε, δ)-definition of limit and Beyträge zu einer begründeteren Darstellung der Mathematik. Erste Lieferung.
His recorded fields of work are mathematical analysis, logic and epistemology.
That the work was done from the Kingdom of Bohemia matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Death came in 1848, at 67. By then the contribution had passed into the settled record.
Achievements
- Notable work: (ε, δ)-definition of limit
- Notable work: Beyträge zu einer begründeteren Darstellung der Mathematik. Erste Lieferung
- Affiliated with Charles University
- Educated at Charles University and Piarist College and Gymnasium
- Worked as mathematician, logician and philosopher of science
