Hermann Minkowski was a Polish mathematician and professor at Königsberg, Zürich and Göttingen. He created and developed the geometry of numbers and used geometrical methods to solve problems in number theory, mathematical physics, and the theory... Wikipedia
Born: June 22, 1864, Aleksotase vald, Kaunas, Lithuania
Died: January 12, 1909 (age 44 years), Göttingen, Germany
Spouse: Auguste Adler (m. 1897–1909)
Children: Ruth Minkowski and Lily Minkowski
Parents: Rachel Taubmann and Lewin Boruch Minkowski
Siblings: Oskar Minkowski and Fanny Minkowski