Chronology: Life1

1858 8 April: Edmund Husserl is born in Prossnitz in Mhren (Prost jow, Moravia). 1876 30 June: Receives diploma from the K. K. Deutsche Gymnasium in Olmtz (Olomouc). 18761878 Studies astronomy at the University of Leipzig, although also takes courses in mathematics, physics, and philosophy. 18781881 of Berlin. Studies mathematics (and some philosophy) at the University

18811882 Continues studies in mathematics for two semesters at the University of Vienna. 1882 8 October: Dissertation Beitrge zur Theorie der Variationsrechnung (Contributions to the Theory of the Calculus of Variations) approved. 1883 23 January: Awarded the Doctorate in Philosophy (in mathematics), after which he returned to Berlin for a short time to study mathematics further. 18831884 Completes a year of military service as a volunteer in the 2nd Regiment of the field artillery in O lmtz and later in a mess for soldiers stationed in Vienna. 1884 24 April: Father Adolf dies. Studies philosophy with Franz Brentano at the University of

18841886 Vienna.

1886 26 April: B aptized in the Evangelical Church of Vienna with the name Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl.

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