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The University of Göttingen, formally the Georg-August University, is a public research university in Göttingen, Germany, founded in 1734 by King George II and opened in 1737. Carl Friedrich Gauss, David Hilbert, Max Born, Werner Heisenberg and many other mathematicians and physicists made it the world center of mathematics and physics in the early twentieth century. The atlas links scientists to it where their cited articles say they studied or taught there.

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University of Göttingen
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Source NobelPrize.org: Adolf Windaus - Facts
Source Arnold Sommerfeld (Wikipedia)
Source Bernhard Riemann (Wikipedia)
Source Carl Friedrich Gauss (Wikipedia)
Source Emmy Noether (Wikipedia)
Source Ernst Ehlers (Wikipedia)
Source Friedrich Wöhler (Wikipedia)
Source Hermann Hankel (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Hermann Minkowski
Source Jacob Grimm (Wikipedia)
Source James Franck (Wikipedia)
Source Johannes Stark (Wikipedia)
Source Karl Ludwig Harding (Wikipedia)
Source Otto Wallach (Wikipedia)
Source NobelPrize.org: Paul Ehrlich - Facts
Source Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (Wikipedia)
Source Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (Wikipedia)
Source Theodore von Kármán (Wikipedia)
Source Walther Nernst (Wikipedia)
Source Wilhelm Eduard Weber (Wikipedia)
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1. University of Göttingen (Wikipedia)
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Founded in 1734 by the Electorate of Hanover
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Affiliation at the time of the award: Goettingen University, Göttingen, Germany
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NobelPrize.org: Paul Ehrlich - Facts
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Affiliation at the time of the award: Goettingen University, Göttingen, Germany
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Carl Friedrich Gauss (Wikipedia)
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While studying at the University of Göttingen, he propounded several mathematical theorems.
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Emmy Noether (Wikipedia)
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In 1915, David Hilbert and Felix Klein invited her to join the mathematics department at the University of Göttingen, a world-renowned center of mathematical research.
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Karl Ludwig Harding (Wikipedia)
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From 1786-1789, he was educated at the University of Göttingen, where he studied theology, mathematics, and physics.
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Theodore von Kármán (Wikipedia)
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joined Ludwig Prandtl at the University of Göttingen, where he received his doctorate in 1908
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Hermann Hankel (Wikipedia)
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In 1860, he started studying at University of Göttingen
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Otto Wallach (Wikipedia)
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Wallach received his Doctoral degree from the University of Göttingen in 1869
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Wilhelm Eduard Weber (Wikipedia)
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he was hired by the University of Göttingen as professor of physics
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Ernst Ehlers (Wikipedia)
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From 1874 to 1919, he was a professor of zoology and comparative anatomy in Göttingen
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Jacob Grimm (Wikipedia)
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University of Göttingen, University of Berlin
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Friedrich Wöhler (Wikipedia)
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Berliner Gewerbeschule Höhere Gewerbeschule at Kassel University of Göttingen
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Walther Nernst (Wikipedia)
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University of Göttingen Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin Leipzig University
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Bernhard Riemann (Wikipedia)
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University of Göttingen
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James Franck (Wikipedia)
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University of Berlin Kaiser Wilhelm Society University of Göttingen University of Copenhagen Johns Hopkins University University of Chicago
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Wikipedia: Hermann Minkowski
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University of Göttingen and ETH Zurich
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Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (Wikipedia)
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University of Breslau University of Berlin University of Göttingen
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Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (Wikipedia)
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University of Vienna Technical University of Vienna Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Graz University of Technology University of Göttingen
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Arnold Sommerfeld (Wikipedia)
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Johannes Stark (Wikipedia)
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