Authorised form of name | Gauss; Karl Friedrich (1777 - 1855) |
Other forms of name | Carl Friedrich |
Gauss, Charles Frederic |
Dates | 1777 - 1855 |
Place of birth | Brunswick, Germany |
Date of birth | 30 April 1777 |
Place of death | Gottingen, Germany |
Date of death | 23 February 1855 |
Occupation | Mathematician |
Research field | Mathematical sciences |
Astronomy |
Activity | Career: Director of the observatory, Gottingen (1807-1855); researched magnetism and invented instruments for its study
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 12/04/1804 |
RSActivity | Medals and prizes: Copley Medal 1838 |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Authority: Altname from DSB and Record Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1854-1855 vol 7 pp 589-598 References: James Gabriel O'Hara, 'Gauss and the Royal Society: The Reception of His Ideas on Magnetism in Britain (1832-1842)' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp 17-78 |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/29534259 |
Code | NA8223 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
M/089 | Gauss, Carl Friedrich | 1855 |
MM/11/178 | Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to G B Airy | 1 April 1842 |
EC/1803/13 | Gauss, Karl Friedrich: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
L&P/12/101 | Letter, 'The elements of Ceres and Pallas' from Carl Friedrich Gauss to Nevil Maskelyne | 2 April 1805 |
IM/001621 | Gauss, Karl Freidrich | nd |
MS/581/33 | Letter to C F Gauss | 19 April 1804 |
MC/3 | Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1839-1843 |
MC/3/46 | Copy letter from Captain Edward Sabine, Elberfelt, to Baron von Humboldt | 24 October 1839 |
AP/7/12/3 | Unpublished letter, on Pallas observations from [Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias] Olbers to Schroeter [Johann Hieronymus Schroter] | 7 May 1802 |
AP/2/7 | Translation of abstract, ['Intensitas vis magneticæ terrestris ad mensuram absolutam revocata'] by [Karl Friedrich] Gauss | [1832] |