Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to many fields in mathematics and science. Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum and "the greatest mathematician since antiquity", Gauss had an exceptional influence in many fields of mathematics and science, and is ranked among history's most influential mathematicians.
| Born: | Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss, April 30, 1777, Brunswick, Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
| Died: | February 23, 1855, Göttingen, Kingdom of Hanover, German Confederation |
| Residence: | Kingdom of Hanover |
| Nationality: | German |
| Fields: | Mathematics and physics |
| Institutions: | University of Göttingen |
| Alma mater: | Collegium Carolinum, University of Göttingen, University of Helmstedt |
| Thesis: | Demonstratio nova... (1799) |
| Other academic advisors: | Johann Christian Martin Bartels |
| Doctoral students: | Johann Listing, Christian Ludwig Gerling, Richard Dedekind, Bernhard Riemann, Christian Peters, Moritz Cantor |
| Other notable students: | Johann Encke, Christoph Gudermann, Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, Gotthold Eisenstein, Carl Wolfgang Benjamin Goldschmidt, Gustav Kirchhoff, Ernst Kummer, August Ferdinand Möbius, L. C. Schnürlein, Julius Weisbach, Sophie Germain (correspondent as «Monsieur Le Blanc») |
| Known for: | See full list |
| Influenced: | Ferdinand Minding |
| Notable awards: | Lalande Prize (1809), Copley Medal (1838) |
| Spouse: | Johanna Osthoff (1805–1809), Minna Waldeck (1810–1831) |
| Children: | Joseph, Wilhelmina, Louis, Eugene, Wilhelm, Therese |
About Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician who created Gauss's Law, Gauss's Law for Magnetism, and the process of degaussing, among many other contributions.
Before Fame
He was a child prodigy who had completed the text Disquisitiones Arithmeticae by the time he was twenty-one.
Achievement
He developed a method to plot the location of planets when he was twenty three.
Family Life
He had three children with his first wife, Johanna Osthoff, and three children with his second wife, Friederica Wilhelmine Waldeck.
Associations
Like Hendrik Lorentz, he was a winner of the Copley Medal.
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- Braunschweig University of Technology alumni
- Mental calculators
- Optical physicists
- Honorary Members of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences
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- Recipients of the Copley Medal
- Corresponding Members of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences
- German astronomers
- German Lutherans
- University of Göttingen faculty
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- Members of the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)
- German physicists
