Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow (1832 - 1918)

* 12 December 1832, † 7 September 1918

Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow was born on 12 December 1832 in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. Ludwig Sylow was a high school teacher who proved what is perhaps the most profound result in the theory of finite groups. Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow died on 7 September 1918 in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway.