Appointment to Göttingen chair
· University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire

Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0 · file Hilbert was appointed professor of mathematics at Göttingen, the institution that became the base of his career for the rest of his life. Coordinates represent the historic university area; Hilbert's later Mathematical Institute occupied a nearby but distinct site.