ABSTRACT
Edmund Husserl was born in Prostejov, Moravia, in what is now the Czech Republic; at that time, it was part of the Austrian Empire. After attending elementary school in Prostejov, Husserl went to gymnasia (high schools) in Vienna and Olmutz before enrolling at the University of Leipzig in 1876. For two years, he studied mathematics, physics, and astronomy, attending philosophy lectures only in his spare time. In 1878, he transferred to the Friedrich-Wilhelm University of Berlin, where he continued his study of mathematics as well as his hobby of philosophy. After three years, he moved to the University of Vienna, where he received a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1883. Husserl was offered a teaching position in mathematics at Berlin, but he decided to remain in Vienna so that he could continue studying philosophy. He worked with the philosophical psychologist Franz Brentano during the next two years.
