G. Waldo Dunnington

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1906 – 1974

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Who was G. Waldo Dunnington?

Guy Waldo Dunnington was a writer, historian and professor of German known for his writings on the famous German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss. Dunnington wrote several articles about Gauss and later a biography entitled Gauss: Titan of Science. He became interested in Gauss through one of his elementary school teachers, Minna Waldeck Gauss Reeves, who was a great-granddaughter of Gauss.

Dunnington was also a translator at the Nuremberg trials. He ended his teaching career at Northwestern State University which houses his collection of Gauss-related material, believed to be the largest collection of its kind in the world. He became Dean of International Students there near the end of his life.

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Born
Jan 15, 1906
Bowling green
Nationality
  • United States of America
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Died
Apr 10, 1974

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on July 23, 2013

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