Robert Edouard Moritz (2 Jun 1868 – 28 Dec 1940) was aGerman-Americanmathematician.He published about 75 books and papers. For over 30 years he was head of the mathematics department at theUniversity of Washington.
Moritz was born inSchleswig-Holstein to Karl R. and Maria Stahlhut Moritz, and emigrated to the United States at the age of twelve where the family settled on a farm inNebraska. From 1885 to 1892 he attendedHastings College in Hastings, Nebraska, and then studied another year at theUniversity of Chicago. After two summer quarters in the next years he received his MA in mathematics in 1896.[1]
In 1893 he started his academic career as assistant professor in mathematics and physics back atHastings College. In 1898 he moved to theUniversity of Nebraska, where he was appointed instructor in mathematics, and obtained his PhD in 1901. The next year he studied in Europe underHeinrich Martin Weber andTheodor Reye, obtaining a second PhD at theUniversity of Strassburg in 1902. Back in the United States he worked two years at the University of Nebraska, before moving to theUniversity of Washington where he was appointed professor and head of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy.[1]
He died inSeattle in the state of Washington in 1940 at the age of 72.[1]
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