Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and astronomer
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist who contributed to many fields in mathematics and science. Gauss ranks among history's most influential mathematicians and has been referred to as the... Wikipedia
Born: April 30, 1777, Braunschweig, Germany
Died: February 23, 1855 (age 77 years), Göttingen, Germany
Influenced: Bernhard Riemann, Sophie Germain, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, and more
Children: Eugene Gauss, Joseph Gauss, Wilhelm Gauss, and more
Awards: Lalande Prize (1809) and Copley Medal (1838)
Grandchildren: William Theodore Gauss and Carl Gauß
Parents: Gebhard Dietrich Gauss and Dorothea Gauss