William Feller

William (Vilim) Feller (July 7 1906 - January 14 1970) was a Croatian-American mathematician specializing in probability theory.

Early life and education

Feller was born in Zagreb. In his school documentation, the small municipality of Donja Stubica in Zagorje is mentioned. This is where his father came from. His father, Eugen Victor Feller, was an apothecary and owner of company producing hygienic utensils and cosmetics.

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Zagreb - Donja Stubica - Zagorje - Apothecary - Cosmetics

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William finished the elementary and middle education in Zagreb as well as two years of his math study. From 1925, he continued his study in Göttingen, Germany where he gained the doctoral degree in 1926 with his work Über algebraisch rektifizierbare transzendente Kurven.

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1925 - Göttingen - Germany - Doctoral - 1926

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