Octav Mayer

Octav Mayer was a Romanian mathematician, notable for being the first to earn a doctorate in Romania. Born in Mizil, Prahova County, he went to primary school in Târgu Neamț and pursued his studies in an elementary school in Focșani. He attended the National College in Iași, where he obtained his baccalaureate, and then studied mathematics at the University of Iași, where he obtained his undergraduate degree. Mayer served in World War I and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Iași in 1920. His thesis, under the direction of Alexander Myller, was titled 'Contributions à la théorie des quartiques bicirculaires.' Mayer later became a professor at the University of Iași and was elected titular member of the Romanian Academy in 1955. He passed away in Iași in 1966, at age 71. The Octav Mayer Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy in Iași is named in his honor.