Friedrich Theodor Poselger
Friedrich Theodor Poselger (born May 27, 1771 in Elbing ; † February 9, 1838 in Berlin ) was a German mathematician.
Poselger's father was a city councilor in Elbing. Poselger attended high school in Elbing and studied from 1789 to 1792 at the University of Halle and then at the University of Göttingen first theology and then law. Afterwards he was a city councilor in Elbing and a court assessor. In 1795 he married. In 1808 he moved to Berlin as a representative of Elbing, where he studied mathematics at the university. From 1817 he gave lectures on mathematics at the Royal General War School in Berlin and in 1823 he received the title of professor. In the same year he was awarded a doctorate by the University of Berlin. In 1825 he became a full member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences . He was a member of the Berlin Masonic Lodge Zur Eintracht .
Poselger translated Diophantus of Alexandria's treatise on polygonal numbers (1810) and published on the mechanics of Aristotle and the 10th book of the elements Euclid . He also published mathematical works, stimulated by reading ancient mathematicians such as Archimedes and Diophant, for example number theoretic works in the treatises of the Berlin Academy (1827, 1832).
He married Justine Helene du Bois in 1795. The couple had two sons and two daughters.
literature
- Moritz Cantor : Poselger, Friedrich Theodor . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 455 f.
- New nekrolog der Deutschen 1838, Volume 16, Part 1, S.190f
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Poselger, Friedrich Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1771 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elblag |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1838 |
| Place of death | Berlin |