Clebsch, Alfred |
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BORN 19 Jan 1833, Königsberg (now: Kaliningrad) - DIED 7 Nov 1872, Göttingen, Niedersachsen BIRTH NAME Clebsch, Rudolf Friedrich Alfred CAUSE OF DEATH diphtheria GRAVE LOCATION Göttingen, Niedersachsen: Bartholomäus-Friedhof, Weender Landstraße |
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Alfred Clebsch studied mathematics at the Albertina in königsberg. Otto Hesse (1811-1874) was one of his teachers. After his studies he worked in Berlin as a teacher. Shortly after obtaining a position at the university of Berlin, he became a professor in Karlsruhe (1858-1863). He married Dorothe Charlote Mathilde Heinel (1838-1866) and they had four sons. In 1863 he moved to Giessen, where he introduced the Clebsch-Gordan coefficients with Paul Gordan. In 1868 he became rector in Göttingen, where he founded the Mathematische Annalen together with Carl Neumann. He died in Göttingen, aged only 39. His gravestone at the Bartholomäus-Friedhof in Göttingen was restored in 2006. |
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 The grave of Alfred Friedrich Clebsch at the Bartholomäus-Friedhof, Göttingen. Picture by Androom (27 Aug 2017) |
Sources • Alfred Clebsch - Wikipedia (DE) |
