Eduard Mahler

Who was Eduard Mahler?

Eduard Mahler, or Mahler Ede was a Hungarian-Austrian astronomer, Orientalist, natural scientist.

He graduated from the Vienna public school in 1876, and then studied mathematics and physics at the Universität Wien, taking his degree in 1880. From November 1, 1882, till the death of T. Oppolzer Mahler shared in the latter's scientific labors. On June 1, 1885, he was appointed assistant in the royal Austrian commission on measurement of degrees.

Mahler has devoted himself chiefly to chronology. In early life, he paid considerable attention to ancient Oriental history, Assyriology, and Egyptology, in which subjects he was a present private docent at the University of Budapest. On September 6, 1889, he received the royal medal Litteris et Artibus of Sweden and Norway; and since 1898 he has been an official of the Hungarian National Museum.