Leander Ditscheiner

Leander Ditscheiner
Born	January 4, 1839 Vienna Austria-Hungary
Died	February 1, 1886 (aged 47) Vienna Austria-Hungary
Notable awards	Lieben Prize (1871)

Leander Ditscheiner (4 January 1839 – 1 February 1905) was an Austrian physicist and mathematician, best known for his research on birefringence.

Life and work

Leander Ditscheiner was born 1839 in Vienna. He studied at the University of Vienna and later at the University of Heidelberg. He received his Ph.D. in 1857 and became lecturer at the Vienna University of Technology in 1866. In the later years he became assistant professor and full professor in 1883.^[1][2]

References

1. "Ditscheiner, Leander". Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 1. Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. 1957. ISBN 3-7001-1327-7.
2. "Ditscheiner, Leander". Graz University.