Friedrich Hermann Schottky (24 July 1851 – 12 August 1935) was a German mathematician who worked on elliptic, abelian, and theta functions and introduced Schottky groups and Schottky's theorem. He was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) and died in Berlin. Schottky was a professor at the University of Zurich from 1882–1892.

Friedrich Schottky
Born	Friedrich Hermann Schottky (1851-07-24)24 July 1851 Breslau, Silesia Province, Prussia
Died	12 August 1935(1935-08-12) (aged 84) Berlin, Germany
Known for	Schottky form Schottky–Klein prime form Schottky group Schottky problem Schottky theorem
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Academic advisors	Karl Weierstrass Hermann von Helmholtz
Notable students	Heinrich Jung Paul Koebe Konrad Knopp Walter Schnee Leon Lichtenstein

He is also the father of Walter H. Schottky, the German physicist and inventor of a variety of semiconductor concepts.