Friedrich Engel (December 26, 1861 – September 29, 1941) was a German mathematician. Engel was born in Lugau, Saxony, as the son of a Lutheran pastor. He attended the Universities of both Leipzig and Berlin, before receiving his doctorate from Leipzig in 1883. Engel studied under Felix Klein at Leipzig, and collaborated with Sophus Lie for much of his life. He died in Gießen, Hesse.
External links
- O'Connor, John J; Edmund F. Robertson "Friedrich Engel". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
