Carl Fabian Emanuel Björling (30 November 1839 – 6 May 1910) was a Swedish

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and

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Life

He was born on 30 November 1839 in

Västerås Västerås () is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Mälaren, Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 158,653, over 100,000 mo ...

, Sweden, and died on 6 May 1910. He was the son of mathematician Emanuel Björling and father of lawyer

Carl Georg Björling Carl Georg Björling (1870-1934) was a Swedish lawyer and professor. Life He was born on 16 September 1870 in Halmstad, Sweden, and was the son of Carl Fabian Björling and his wife Minna Agnes Cecilia von Schéele. He died on 14 March 1934. ...

Career

He attained his Ph.D. from

Uppsala University Uppsala University (UU) () is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially fou ...

in 1863. In 1863, he became an associate professor of mathematics at Uppsala University. In 1867 he was appointed a lecturer of mathematics and physics at the

Halmstad Halmstad () is a port, university, industrial and recreational urban areas of Sweden, city at the mouth of the Nissan (river), Nissan river, in the provinces of Sweden, province of Halland on the Sweden, Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat ...

grammar school. From 1873 to 1904 he was the professor of mathematics at

Lund University Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...

. In 1886, he became a member of the

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences () is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for promoting nat ...

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1839 births 1910 deaths Swedish mathematicians Swedish meteorologists People from Västerås Uppsala University alumni Academic staff of Uppsala University Academic staff of Lund University Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences {{Sweden-mathematician-stub