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Authorised form of nameJacobi; Karl Gustav Jacob (1804 - 1851)
Other forms of nameCarl Gustav Jacob
Dates1804 - 1851
NationalityGerman
Place of birthPotsdam, Germany
Date of birth10 December 1804
Place of deathBerlin, Germany
Date of death18 February 1851
Research fieldMathematics
ActivityEducation:
PhD (Berlin, 1825)
Career:
Extraordinary Professor (1827) and Ordinary Professor (1829) of Mathematics, University of Konigsberg (until 1842)
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election06/06/1833
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
References:
Alex D D Craik, 'James Ivory's last papers on the 'Figure of the Earth' (with biographical additions) in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 187-204
Authority:
AltName forename from DSB
CodeNA2514
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1833/12Jacobi, Karl Gustav Jacob: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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