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Sophie Germain
French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776-1831)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 1 April 1776
- Died
- 27 June 1831
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Paris, rue de Savoie
- Sex or gender
- female
- Given name
- Sophie
- Family name
- Germain
- Field of work
- number theory, mechanics, physics, mathematics, philosophy
- Occupation
- mathematician, physicist, philosopher
- Citizenship
- France
- birth name
- Marie-Sophie Germain
- cause of death
- breast cancer
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, BEIC Digital Library, Forgotten Women: The Scientists, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- doctoral advisor
- Carl Friedrich Gauss
- educated at
- University of Göttingen
- influenced by
- Archimedes
- languages spoken, written or signed
- French
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Marie-Sophie Germain, Sophie Germain
- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery, Grave of Sophie Germain
- pseudonym
- Antoine Auguste Le Blanc, M LeBlanc
- writing language
- French
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