Background
Leo Konigsberger was born on October 15, 1837, in Posen, Germany (now Poznan, Poland). He was the son of Jakob Lob Konigsberger, a wealthy merchant, and his wife Henriette Kantorowicz.
1886
Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Konigsberger in 1886.
Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
In 1857 Konigsberger began to study at the University of Berlin (now Humboldt University of Berlin) with Karl Weierstrass. He graduated in 1860.
Gottingen Academy of Sciences, Gottingen, Germany
Konigsberger was a member of Gottingen Academy of Sciences.
Heidelberg Academy for Sciences, Heidelberg, Germany
Konigsberger was a member of Heidelberg Academy for Sciences.
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Berlin, Germany
Konigsberger was a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences.
educator mathematician scientist
Leo Konigsberger was born on October 15, 1837, in Posen, Germany (now Poznan, Poland). He was the son of Jakob Lob Konigsberger, a wealthy merchant, and his wife Henriette Kantorowicz.
Konigsberger attended the Royal Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium. In 1857 he began to study at the University of Berlin (now Humboldt University of Berlin) with Karl Weierstrass. He graduated in 1860. His second doctoral advisor was Ernst Kummer.
Konigsberger taught mathematics and physics to the Berlin cadet corps from 1861 to 1864. In the latter year, his academic career commenced at the University of Greifswald, as an associate professor; in 1869 he became a full professor at Heidelberg. After teaching at the Technische Hochschule in Dresden (1875-1877) and at the University of Vienna (1877-1884), he returned in 1884 to Heidelberg, where he remained until his death. He retired in 1914.
Konigsberger's mathematical work was early influenced by his teacher Weierstrass. In 1917 he published a historically important account of Weierstrass' first lecture on elliptic functions, which he had heard in 1857, during his first semester at Berlin. Konigsberger also was extremely skillful in treating material from the Riemannian point of view, as can be seen from his textbooks on elliptic functions (1874) and hyperelliptic integrals (1878). In addition, he worked intensively on the theory of differential equations.
Konigsberger was a member of many academies, including Gottingen Academy of Sciences, Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities and the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences.
As a professor and scientist, Konigsberger was highly respected by his students and colleagues.
Konigsberger was married to Sophie Kappell; the couple had two children.
He was friendly during his youth with Lazarus Fuchs, and also maintained close friendships with the chemist Robert Bunsen and the physicists Gustav Kirchhoff and Hermann von Helmholtz.