Abraham Gotthelf Kästner
Mathematician, Academic
1719 – 1800
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Who was Abraham Gotthelf Kästner?
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner was a German mathematician and epigrammatist.
He was known in his professional life for writing textbooks and compiling encyclopedias rather than for original research. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was one of his doctoral students, and admired the man greatly. He became most well known for his epigrammatic poems. The crater Kästner on the Moon is named after him.
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- Born
- Sep 27, 1719
Leipzig - Also known as
- Abraham Gotthelf Kastner
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- University of Leipzig
- Employment
- University of Leipzig
- Lived in
- Germany
- Died
- Jun 20, 1800
Göttingen
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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