Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (born 1777)

Carl Friedrich Gauss

German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist (1777–1855)

Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist, who contributed to many fields in mathematics and science. He was director of the Göttingen Observatory in Germany and professor of astronomy from 1807 until his death in 1855.