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Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach

1800 - 1834

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Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach (30 May 1800 – 12 March 1834) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach is the 334th most popular mathematician (down from 285th in 2019), the 2,008th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,912th in 2019) and the 36th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach ranks 334 out of 1,004. Before him are René-Louis Baire, Eutocius of Ascalon, Wilhelm Ackermann, Pavel Alexandrov, Eugenio Beltrami, and Alfred Korzybski. After him are Gotthold Eisenstein, Julius Plücker, Joseph Diez Gergonne, Lev Pontryagin, Yi Xing, and Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach ranks 28. Before him are Pauline Therese of Württemberg, Henri Milne-Edwards, Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Achille Devéria, Juan José Flores, and George Bentham. After him are Princess Elisabeth of Savoy, Aga Khan I, Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ányos Jedlik, Johann Georg Wagler, and Evangelos Zappas. Among people deceased in 1834, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach ranks 20. Before him are Jacques Balmat, Husein Gradaščević, Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, William Wirt, and William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville. After him are Aleksey Arakcheyev, Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, James Weddell, David Douglas, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, and Robert Morrison.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach ranks 2,009 out of 7,253. Before him are Isidor Straus (1845), Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg (1772), Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1825), Johannes Sturm (1507), Michael von Faulhaber (1869), and William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532). After him are Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), Hans-Peter Briegel (1955), Gotthold Eisenstein (1823), Julius Plücker (1801), Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1667), and Hermann Priess (1901).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach ranks 36. Before him are Eduard Heine (1821), Edmund Landau (1877), Adolf Hurwitz (1859), Michael Stifel (1487), Hillel Furstenberg (1935), and Wilhelm Ackermann (1896). After him are Gotthold Eisenstein (1823), Julius Plücker (1801), Felix Bernstein (1878), Andreas Osiander (1498), Nicholas Mercator (1620), and Michael Maestlin (1550).

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