Henri Fehr
Swiss mathematician (1870-1954) · Switzerland · On the map · Academics · Died at 84
Henri Fehr was a Swiss mathematician who was key to the foundation and organisation of national and international mathematical societies and journals.
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He studied mathematics in Switzerland and France, earning his doctorate at the University of Geneva in 1899 with a thesis on the application of Grassmann's vector methods to differential geometry. In 1910 he co-founded the Swiss Mathematical Society and established its flagship journals, Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici and, with Charles-Ange Laisant, L'Enseignement mathématique, sitting on their editorial and financial committees. Fehr spent his career at the University of Geneva - rising to dean and rector - and from the foundation of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction in 1908 until his death in 1954 he served as its general secretary; he also held the vice-presidency of the International Mathematical Union from 1924 to 1932.
