Johann Philipp Gruson

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Jean Philippe Gruson , also Johann Philipp Gruson or Grüson (born February 2, 1768 in Neustadt near Magdeburg , † November 16, 1857 in Berlin ) was a German mathematician .

Life

Gruson came from a Huguenot family settled in Magdeburg , Magdeburg-Neustadt and Sudenburg in 1689 . In 1790, while working for the Prussian War and Domain Chamber in Magdeburg, he invented a calculating machine. He went to Berlin in 1794 and was professor of mathematics in the cadet corps, at the Bauakademie and later at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität . In 1817 he took the position of mathematician at the Collège Français there, where he worked until his departure in 1833.

Gruson published log tables, trigonometric tables and currency conversion tables, he invented slide rules for the four basic arithmetic operations and reformed mathematics teaching. He received the Order of the Red Eagle for his influential scientific and popular scientific works, written in German and French . Since 1798 he was a full member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Members of the previous academies. Jean Philippe (Johann Philipp) Gruson (Grüson). Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on March 31, 2015 .

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