Ferdinand Gonseth (1890-1975) was a Swiss mathematician and philosopher.

He was born on 22 September 1890 at Sonvilier, the son of Ferdinand Gonseth, a clockmaker, and his wife Marie Bourquin. He studied at La Chaux-de-Fonds, and read physics and mathematics at ETH Zurich, from 1910 to 1914.

In 1929 Gonseth succeeded Jérôme Franel as Professor of Higher Mathematics

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