Carl Friedrich Gauss
Mathematician, Academic
1777 – 1855
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Who was Carl Friedrich Gauss?
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician, who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, algebra, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy, and optics.
Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum and "greatest mathematician since antiquity", Gauss had a remarkable influence in many fields of mathematics and science and is ranked as one of history's most influential mathematicians.
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- Born
- Apr 30, 1777
Braunschweig - Also known as
- Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
- Carolus Fridericus Gauss
- Gauss
- Spouses
- Johanna Osthoff
( - 1809) - Friederica Wilhelmine Waldeck
( - 1831)
- Johanna Osthoff
- Children
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Ethnicity
- Germans
- Nationality
- Germany
- Kingdom of Hanover
- Holy Roman Empire
- Profession
- Education
- University of Helmstedt
- University of Göttingen
- Braunschweig University of Technology
- Employment
- University of Göttingen
- Lived in
- Germany
- Braunschweig
- Kingdom of Hanover
- Died
- Feb 23, 1855
Göttingen
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on July 23, 2013
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