Abraham Gotthelf Kästner Scientist

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. He became most well known for his epigrammatic poems. The crater Kästner on the Moon is named after him.

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Abraham Gotthelf Kästner
Birth dateSeptember 27, 1719
Birth place
Germany , Leipzig , Electorate of Saxony
Nationality
Germany
Date of deathJune 20, 1800
Place of death
Germany , Göttingen , Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Residence
Germany
Education
Leipzig University
Known for
Textbook

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doctoral advisor
doctoral student
Field of study
Mathematics
notable student
Farkas Bolyai

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