KäSTNER ABRAHAM GOTTHELF

Birth and Life

Abraham Gotthelf Kästner

mathematician

Date of birth 27. 9. 1719
Country of birth Germany

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Death

Date of death 20. 6. 1800
Cemetery BartholomäusFriedhof, Göttingen, Germany
GPS coordinates of the cemetery 51.540797, 9.932091

Summary from Wikipedia

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. Life

Author of contribution: Janez, published 30. 3. 2016

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