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Ignatz Mühlwenzel

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Optician, member of the Jesuit order, and professor of mathematics

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According to Wikipedia, Ignatz Heinrich Mühlwenzel was a Bohemian mathematician. Life Ignatz Heinrich Mühlwenzel was a member of the Jesuit order and a professor of mathematics at the University of Prague. He was of minority German ethnicity in western Czech border. He was a skilled optician who ground lenses for his own telescopes. Mühlwenzel is notable because his mathematical "descendants," which include Johann Radon, number more than 10,000.

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