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Brouwer (454 words) |
 | Brouwer was an unsalaried lecturer at the University of Amsterdam (1909), and was professor of set theory, function theory and axiomatics there from 1912 to 1951. |
| Brouwer was a major contributor to the theory of topology and was considered by many to be its founder. |
| Brouwer's doctrine differed substantially from the formalism of David Hilbert and the logicism of Bertrand Russell. |
| CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Christoph Brouwer (529 words) |
| Brouwer devoted the greater part of his life to the preparation of his book and, according to the testimony of the historian, Hontheim, he is deserving of undying |
| Brouwer's unflinching love of truth and his true historical method were not agreeable to the councillors of the archbishop; so, although the publication of his work had been |
| Brouwer was unable to complete his other great work, which was entitled "Metropolis Ecclesiae Trevericae." It was intended to contain a description of all the cities, churches, and cloisters in the Archdiocese of Trier. |
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