Editing Moritz Cantor (section)

{{short description|German historian of mathematics}}
{{Distinguish|Georg Cantor}}
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|name              = Moritz Cantor
|image             = Moritz Cantor (HeidICON 28790) (cropped).jpg
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|caption           = Moritz Cantor
|birth_date        = {{birth date|1829|8|23|df=yes}}
|birth_place       = [[Mannheim]]
|death_date        = {{death date and age|1920|4|10|1829|8|23|df=yes}}
|death_place       = [[Heidelberg]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]]
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|nationality       = [[Germans|German]]
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|field             = [[History of mathematics]]
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|alma_mater        = [[University of Heidelberg]]
|doctoral_advisor  = 
|doctoral_students = [[Karl Bopp]]
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'''Moritz Benedikt Cantor''' (23 August 1829 – 10 April 1920) was a [[Germans|German]] [[History of mathematics|historian of mathematics]].