Ole Jacob Broch ( Norwegian. Ole Jacob Broch ; 1818–1889) - Norwegian mathematician, physicist, economist, educator and politician.
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| Place of Birth | Fredrikstad | |||
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| Scientific field | mathematician , economist physicist , teacher | |||
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| Alma mater | University of Oslo | |||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Selected Bibliography
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Ole Jacob Brock was born January 14, 1818 in Fredrikstad in the family of Johann Jörgen Broch ( Norwegian Johan Jørgen Broch ; 1791-1860), an officer who was highly respected in his own country as a political writer and member of the Storting [4] .
He studied in Christiania (now Oslo ), lived for a long time in Paris and then traveled to Belgium , Germany , Switzerland and Upper Italy [4] .
In the autumn of 1842, he founded the Latin and Real Schools in Oslo, together with Nissen, in 1843-52 he was a teacher in a military school and from 1853 in a higher military school [4] .
In December 1848, he took the place of a lecturer in pure mathematics at Christianian University and since 1858 was a professor there [4] .
In addition, in 1852 he became a member of the board of directors of a mortgage bank, in December 1855 assumed the main management of the Norwegian railways, and in 1859 was appointed head of the Norwegian Credit Bank shortly before that [4] .
In the Storting , where in 1862-1869. Brock was a representative of the Norwegian capital, he participated in the discussion of critical issues and actively supported the proposal for the construction of railways [4] .
In 1869, he was invited to the cabinet of ministers and took over the management of the maritime and postal departments, but in 1872 he retired and returned to his university studies [4] .
In 1879-1889 he headed the International Bureau of Weights and Measures . In recent years, Brock has often been the official delegate of Norway at international exhibitions and congresses [4] .
In addition to many articles published in periodicals and journals of scientific societies on mathematics, mechanics, and optics [4] .
Ole Jacob Brock died on February 5, 1889 in the commune of Sevres near Paris.
Selected Bibliography
- “ Laerebog i Trigonometrien ” (Christ., 1851);
- " Plangeometri " (Christ., 1854, 3rd ed., 1863);
- The Lehrbuch der Mechanik (2 volumes, Berlin, 1850-54);
- Laerebog i Arithmetik (2nd ed., Christiania, 1862);
- “ Forelaesninger over den hoeiere Mathematik ” (Oslo, 1861);
- Statistisk Arbog for Kongeriget Norge (Oslo, 1867–71).
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 117752061 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Archive for the history of mathematics MacTyutor
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Brock, Ole Jacob // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.