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The Connections of Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855) Every person recorded alongside Carl Friedrich Gauss in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Carl Friedrich Gauss in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Gebhard Dietrich Gauss, Dorthea Benze
- Spouses
- Friederica Wilhelmine Waldeck, Johanna Osthoff
- Children
- Eugene Gauss, Joseph Gauß, Wilhelmine Gauss, Therese Gauss, Charles William Gauss
- Teachers
- Johann Christian Martin Bartels
- Influenced by
- Leonhard Euler, Adrien-Marie Legendre
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1777 to 1855.
Early Modern era
Charles III
January 20, 1716 – December 14, 1788
King of Spain from 1759 to 1788
Early Modern era
Abdul Momin of Brunei
May 21, 1788 – May 29, 1885
Sultan of Brunei (1788-1885)
Early Modern era
King Sobhuza I
1780 – 1836
King of Eswatini
Early Modern era
William II of the Netherlands
December 6, 1792 – March 17, 1849
King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1840 to 1849 (1792-1849)
Early Modern era
Prince Alois II, Prince of Liechtenstein
May 26, 1796 – November 12, 1858
Prince of Liechtenstein (1796-1858)
Early Modern era
Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein
June 26, 1760 – April 20, 1836
Austrian marshal (1760-1836)
Early Modern era
William I of the Netherlands
August 24, 1772 – December 12, 1843
King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1815-1840 (1772-1843)
Early Modern era
Louis XVI
August 23, 1754 – January 21, 1793
King of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1791, then King of the French from 1791 to 1792 (1754-1793)
Early Modern era
Marie Antoinette
November 2, 1755 – October 16, 1793
Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution (1755–1793)
Early Modern era
Frederick the Great
January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786
King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786 (1712-1786)
Early Modern era
Maria Theresa
May 13, 1717 – November 29, 1780
Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)
Early Modern era
Catherine the Great
April 21, 1729 – November 17, 1796
Empress who modernized and expanded the Russian Empire