10 Facts About Florian Cajori

Florian Cajori was a Swiss-American historian of mathematics.

Florian Cajori was born in Zillis, Switzerland, as the son of Georg Cajori and Catherine Camenisch.

Florian Cajori attended schools first in Zillis and later in Chur.

In 1875, Florian Cajori emigrated to the United States at the age of sixteen, and attended the State Normal school in Whitewater, Wisconsin.

Florian Cajori taught for a few years at Tulane University, before being appointed as professor of applied mathematics there in 1887.

Florian Cajori founded the Colorado College Scientific Society and taught at Colorado College where he held the chair in physics from 1889 to 1898 and the chair in mathematics from 1898 to 1918.

Florian Cajori was the position Dean of the engineering department.

Florian Cajori remained in Berkeley, California until his death in 1930.

Florian Cajori did no original mathematical research unrelated to the history of mathematics.

Florian Cajori's last work was a revision of Andrew Motte's 1729 translation of Newton's Principia, vol.