!!!Exner, Karl b. Prague (Czech Republic), March 26, 1842, d. Vienna, Dec. 11, 1914, physicist; son of Franz Serafin Exner.; 1871-1874 teacher at the grammar school at Troppau; lived in Vienna from 1874-1894; from 1894 professor of mathematical physics at Innsbruck University; analysed among other things optical and geometrical problems. !Works Ueber das Funkeln der Sterne, 1881; Ueber eine Maschine zur Aufloesung hoeherer Gleichungen, 1881; Vorlesungen ueber die Wellentheorie des Lichts, 2 vols., 1881/1887 (German version by E. Verdet). !Literature OeBL. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Exner,_Karl|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]