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Möbius, August Ferdinand
(b.
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Schulpforla, near Naumburg, Germany, 17 November 1790; d. Leipzig, Germany, 26 September 1868)
mathematics, astronomy.
Möbius was the only child of Johann Heinrieh Möbius, a dancing teacher in Schulpforta until his death in 1793, and the former Johanne Catharine Christiane Keil, a descendant of Luther.
His father’s unmarried brother succeeded him as dancing teacher and as provider for the family until his own death in 1804. Möbius was taught at home until his thirteenth year, by which time he had already shown an interest in mathematics.
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He pursued formal education from 1803 to 1809 in Schulpforta, where he studied mathematics under Johann Gottlieb Schmidt. In 1809 he entered Leipzig University with the intention of studying law, but his early love for mathematics soon came to dominance.
Consequently he studied mathematics under Moritz von Prassc, physics with Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert, and astronomy with Mollweide, whose assistant he became.
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