Educators in Harz Mountains
The atlas holds 3 people and 5 moments here, from 1680 to 1803. The most recorded lives are Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Carl Friedrich Gauss and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
Notable people
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
from 1777 to 1784
2 moments here
German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…
Carl Friedrich Gauss
from 1799 to 1803
2 moments here
German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist. Gauss was born in Brunswick, studied there and at Göttingen, worked privately in…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
in 1680
1 moment here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Moments
- 1680 Repeated Harz mining journeys Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1777 Makes his winter Harz journey Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1784 Undertakes third Harz journey Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1799 Meeting with Bolyai Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1803 Meeting Franz Xaver von Zach on the Brocken Carl Friedrich Gauss