Mathematician:Georg Mohr
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Mathematician
Danish mathematician and geometer now famous for proving in $1672$ that any geometrical construction that can be made with compasses and straightedge can also be achieved by using only compasses. This result was overlooked at the time. Lorenzo Mascheroni made the same discovery in $1797$. However, it was only in $1928$ that Mohr's priority came to light.
Other books of his are rumoured but none have come to direct light.
Nationality
Danish
History
- Born: 1 April 1640, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Died: 26 Jan 1697, Kieslingswalde (near Görlitz), Germany
Theorems and Definitions
- Mohr-Mascheroni Theorem (independently of Lorenzo Mascheroni)
Publications
- 1672: Euclides Danicus
Also known as
Born Jørgen Mohr, latinised as Georg(ius) Mohr.
Sources
- 1991: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Geometry ... (previous) ... (next): A Chronological List Of Mathematicians