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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraham Gotthelf Kästner has received more than 66,395 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Abraham Gotthelf Kästner is the 555th most popular mathematician (down from 519th in 2019), the 3,652nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,315th in 2019) and the 69th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner ranks 555 out of 1,004. Before him are John Tate, Chen Jingrun, Jacques Herbrand, Al-Qalqashandi, Ronald Graham, and Max Dehn. After him are Cahit Arf, Henri Brocard, Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, Paul Bernays, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, and Gino Fano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1719, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner ranks 15. Before him are Gottfried Achenwall, Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Christian Mayer, Pierre Poivre, and Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes. After him are Thomas Gage, Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, Michel-Jean Sedaine, Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, and Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim. Among people deceased in 1800, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner ranks 25. Before him are Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, Koca Yusuf Pasha, Friedrich Gilly, Joseph de Guignes, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, and William Cowper. After him are Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, Michael Denis, Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Victor Louis, John Rutledge, and Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner ranks 3,652 out of 7,253. Before him are Corinna Harfouch (1954), Karl Kaufmann (1900), Robert Hübner (1948), Gertrude of Brunswick (1060), Max Dehn (1878), and Johann Julius Walbaum (1724). After him are Reinhard Mey (1942), Albert Ballin (1857), Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1769), Wilhelm von Bode (1845), Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild (1650), and Bernhard Klodt (1926).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner ranks 69. Before him are Otto Hölder (1859), Martin Ohm (1792), Max Noether (1921), Heinrich Martin Weber (1842), Max August Zorn (1906), and Max Dehn (1878). After him are Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843), Emil Julius Gumbel (1891), Wilhelm Jordan (1842), Grete Hermann (1901), Carl Adam Petri (1926), and Michael Artin (1934).

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