Wilhelm August Förstemann

Wilhelm August Förstemann (born October 29, 1791 in Nordhausen ; † June 28, 1836 in Danzig ) was a German mathematician and educator .

Life

Wilhelm August Förstemann was born in 1791 in Nordhausen as the son of Quatuorvir (municipal official) Konrad Wilhelm Förstemann (1742-1806). His brothers were Karl Wilhelm (1777-1845), pastor and superintendent in Nordhausen; Ernst Günther (1788–1859), high school professor , historian and city archivist in Nordhausen and Ferdinand Carl (1798–1873), professor at the secondary and trade school in Elberfeld .

After high school education and studies, Förstemann was given a position as an educator at Johann Peterhundiker's educational institute, the philanthropist in Vechelde . On June 30, 1817 Wilhelm August was appointed doctor of philosophy at the University of Halle . In the same year he became professor of mathematics at the grammar school in Gdansk . From 1831 until his death in 1836 Förstemann was director at the head of the Natural Research Society in Danzig .

See Förstemann acquired as a textbook author of works on the fundamentals of arithmetic , the algebra , the geometry and the theory of conic sections as well as publications on the role of the Rational making of equations in August Crelle's Journal for Pure and Applied Mathematics .

His marriage to Dorothea Wilhelmine Jarke was Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann out (1822-1906), historian, archivist and librarian of the Royal Library in Dresden .

Works (selection)

Theoriae punctorum centralium primae lineae. Diss., Hall 1817
Contribution to a simple elementary treatment of the theory of the conic sections according to the geometric method. Danzig 1833
Arithmetic exercise book, an aid to practical teaching in numerical calculation, letter calculation and algebra. Koenigsberg 1835
About solving quadratic, cubic and biquadratic equations. Danzig 1836 ( digitized version )

literature

Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann: Bibliography of the family Förstemann. Otto Harrassowitz publishing house, Leipzig 1906.
Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann: The life of Wilhelm August Förstemann. Dresden 1891 ( digitized version )
Moritz Cantor : Förstemann, Wilhelm August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 162.
Bernhard Friedrich Voigt : New necrology of the Germans. Volume 14, part 2, Verlag BF Voigt, Weimar 1836, p. 1037.

Web links

Works by and about Wilhelm August Förstemann in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

^ Friedrich Christian Lesser, Ernst Günther Förstemann: Historical news from Nordhausen . F. Eberhardt, Nordhausen 1860, pp. 264, 386.
↑ Christoph König (Ed.), With the assistance of Birgit Wägenbaur u. a .: Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800–1950 . Volume 1: A-G. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-015485-4 , pp. 502-503.
↑ Johann Karl Bullman: Memorable time periods of the University of Halle . Hall 1833.
↑ Natural Research Society in Danzig (ed.): Festschrift to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Natural Research Society in Danzig . Danzig 1893, p. 90.

personal data
SURNAME	Förstemann, Wilhelm August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German mathematician and educator
DATE OF BIRTH	October 29, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nordhausen
DATE OF DEATH	June 28, 1836
Place of death	Danzig

[Lesser-1] Friedrich Christian Lesser, Ernst Günther Förstemann: Historical news from Nordhausen . F. Eberhardt, Nordhausen 1860, pp. 264, 386.

[König-2] Christoph König (Ed.), With the assistance of Birgit Wägenbaur u. a .: Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800–1950 . Volume 1: A-G. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-015485-4 , pp. 502-503.

[Bullman-3] Johann Karl Bullman: Memorable time periods of the University of Halle . Hall 1833.

[4] Natural Research Society in Danzig (ed.): Festschrift to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Natural Research Society in Danzig . Danzig 1893, p. 90.