Edmund Husserl

Edmund Husserl
Husserl c. 1910s
Born	8 April 1859 Proßnitz, Margraviate of Moravia, Austrian Empire (present-day Prostějov, Czech Republic)
Died	27 April 1938(1938-04-27) (aged 79) Freiburg, Germany
Alma mater	University of Vienna (PhD, 1881) University of Halle (Priv.-Doz., 1887)
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western Philosophy
School	Phenomenology

Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl (IPA: [ˈhʊsɛrl]; April 8, 1859, Prostějov, Moravia, Austrian Empire – April 26, 1938, Freiburg, Germany) was an Austrian-German philosopher and mathematician who is deemed the founder of phenomenology. He broke with the positivist orientation of the science and philosophy of his time, believing that experience is the source of all knowledge.

Husserl studied mathematics under Karl Weierstraß, completing a Ph.D. under Leo Königsberger, and studied philosophy under Franz Brentano and Carl Stumpf.

Then Husserl taught philosophy, as a Privatdozent at Halle from 1887, and as a professor:

• first at Göttingen from 1901,
• then at Freiburg im Breisgau from 1916 until his 1928 retirement.