| Authorised form of name | Weierstrass; Carl Wilhelm (1815 - 1897) |
| Other forms of name | Karl Theodor Wilhelm |
| Dates | 1815 - 1897 |
| Place of birth | Ostenfelde, Westphalia, Germany |
| Date of birth | 31 October 1815 |
| Place of death | Berlin, Germany |
| Date of death | 19 February 1897 |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Activity | Career:
Ordinary Professor of Mathematics, Berlin (1864-1897)
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 12/05/1881 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1895 |
| Relationships | Son of Wilhelm Weierstrass and Theodora Forst; Roman Catholic |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB |
| Royal Society code | NA6624 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1881/06 | Weierstrass, Carl Wilhelm: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/11/942 | Copy letter from Joseph Lister, to Herrn Professor Carl Wilhelm Weierstrass, Foreign Member, Royal Society | 7 November 1895 |
| NLB/11/641 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Professor Horace Lamb, Fellow of the Royal Society | 23 August 1895 |
| NLB/11/753 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Andrew Russell Forsyth, Fellow of the Royal Society | 1 October 1895 |
| NLB/11/944 | Copy letter from Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], to Horace Alfred Damer Seymour, Royal Mint | 7 November 1895 |
| NLB/14/396 | Copy letter from Edward Frankland, to Professor Andrew Russell Forsyth, Foreign Secretary, Royal Society | 4 March 1897 |
| NLB/14/555 | Copy letter from Edward Frankland, to the President and Fellows of the Kongliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin | 27 March 1897 |
| NLB/14/734 | Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Fellow of the Royal Society | 5 May 1897 |
| NLB/11/712 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Andrew Russell Forsyth, Fellow of the Royal Society | 23 September 1895 |
| NLB/11/994 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to His Excellency the German Ambassador | 13 November 1895 |
| MC/16 | Volume 16 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1893-1896 |
| MC/16/261 | Letter from Karl Weierstrass, Berlin, to the Royal Society | 19 November 1895 |
| NLB/12/25 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Herrn Professor Dr Karl Weierstrass, Foreign Member of the Royal Society | 19 November 1895 |