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Abraham Gotthelf Kästner

1719 - 1800

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Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (27 September 1719 – 20 June 1800) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Gotthelf Kästner is the 555th most popular mathematician, the 3,417th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,652nd in 2019) and the 66th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner ranks 555 out of 1,004. Before him are Geminus, William Whiston, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger, Ingrid Daubechies, Al-Nayrizi, and Johann Baptist Cysat. After him are Johann Samuel König, Athir al-Din al-Abhari, Samuel Eilenberg, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Pál Turán, and D. R. Kaprekar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1719, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner ranks 14. Before him are Gottfried Achenwall, Adel Shah, Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Christian Mayer, Pierre Poivre, and Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes. After him are Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, Thomas Gage, Michel-Jean Sedaine, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, and Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani. Among people deceased in 1800, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner ranks 24. Before him are Jean-Étienne Championnet, Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, Joseph de Guignes, Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, Koca Yusuf Pasha, and Friedrich Gilly. After him are William Cowper, Michael Denis, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, and Victor Louis.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner ranks 3,419 out of 7,253. Before him are Ferdinand von Mueller (1825), Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1731), Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (1805), Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1653), Hermann Muhs (1894), and Carl Blechen (1798). After him are Hans Heyer (1943), Brian G. Marsden (1937), John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1596), Johann Samuel König (1712), Walther Kadow (1900), and Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (1933).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner ranks 66. Before him are Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843), Henryk Zygalski (1908), Hans Freudenthal (1905), Max Dehn (1878), Jordanus de Nemore (null), and Adam Ries (1492). After him are Johann Samuel König (1712), Max August Zorn (1906), Wilhelm Jordan (1842), Max Noether (1921), Carl Adam Petri (1926), and Martin Ohm (1792).

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