Johann Jakob Rebstein
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- PhD Physics University of Zurich
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Johann Jakob Rebstein was a Swiss mathematician and surveyor. Early life Rebstein was born on 4 May 1840 in Töss, Switzerland, to his father, a baker and his mother, a doctor. Education and career Rebstein attended post-secondary school in Winterthur, and after graduating in 1860, went on to study for a year at Collège de France. He was professor of mathematics and physics in Zürich from 1877 to 1898. He was awarded his doctorate in 1895 from the Humboldt University of Berlin for his work Bestimmung aller reellen Minimalflächen, die eine Schaar ebener Curven enthalten, denen auf der Gauss'schen Kugel die Meridiane entsprechen. He is best known for his work in surveying, and for introducing the traverse method in Switzerland. Throughout his career, Rebstein was appointed as surveying expert for a number of cantons, including Thurgau , St. Gallen , Zürich , and Luzern .
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