Christian Goldbach
1690 CE–1764 CE · Königsberg
Christian Goldbach ( GOHLD-bahk, German: [ˈkʁɪsti̯a(ː)n ˈɡɔltbax]; 18 March 1690 – 20 November 1764) was a Prussian mathematician connected with some important research mainly in number theory; he also studied law and took an interest in and a role in the Russian court. After traveling around Europe in his early life, he landed in Russia in 1725 as a professor at the newly founded Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Goldbach jointly led the academy in 1737. However, he relinquished duties in the academy in 1742 and worked in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs until his death in 1764. He is remembered today for Goldbach's conjecture and the Goldbach–Euler theorem. He had a close friendship with famous mathematician Leonhard Euler, serving as inspiration for Euler's mathematical pursuits.
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About Königsberg
Königsberg (today Kaliningrad, Russia), then the capital of East Prussia, had a Jewish community of note and was an important center of Hebrew printing in the modern era. Rabbi Yisrael Salanter, founder of the Mussar movement, spent his final years working to strengthen Orthodox Jewish life in Germany and Prussia and died in Königsberg in 1883.
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- Colin Maclaurin· 1698 CE–1746 CE
- Daniel Bernoulli· 1700 CE–1782 CE
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