Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach
Mathematician, Academic
1800 – 1834
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Who was Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach?
Karl Wilhelm von Feuerbach was a German geometer and the son of legal scholar Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, and the brother of philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach. After receiving his doctorate at age 22, he became a professor of mathematics at the Gymnasium at Erlangen. In 1822 he wrote a small book on mathematics noted mainly for a theorem on the nine-point circle, which is now known as Feuerbach's theorem. In 1827 he introduced homogeneous coordinates, independently of Möbius.
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- Born
- May 30, 1800
Jena - Religion
- Lutheranism
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg
- Lived in
- Erlangen
- Died
- Mar 12, 1834
Erlangen
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on July 23, 2013
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