Dunnington-Gauss Collection, 1794-1974.

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Dunnington-Gauss Collection, 1794-1974.

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Letters (originals, transcriptions, and photo reproductions in German and English) from Carl Frederich Gauss, his family members, and close associates, 1794-1916 (9.5 linear inches); research correspondence between Dunnington, ca. 1950s (1 linear ft.); research correspondence between Dunnington and the Gauss family, 1940s and 1960s (1.5 linear ft.); pamphlets pertaining to Germany, mathematics, and Gauss, 1940s-1960s (7.5 linear ft.); articles by Dunnington concerning Gauss and his work, 1940s-1960s (9.5 linear inches); 2 plaster busts of Gauss; 1 framed portrait of Gauss; l framed print of Gauss; and l framed portrait of Dunnington.

11 linear ft. 7 in.

ger,

eng,

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Dunnington, G. Waldo (Guy Waldo), 1906-

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Dunnington. Professor of German Language and Literature at Northwestern State University of Louisiana (NSU) and biographer of Carl Friedrich Gauss. Dunnington, born in Bowling Green, Mo., attended Washington and Lee University (B.A. and M.A.) and the University of Illinois (Ph. D.). He also studied at Göttingen University and Mount Holyoke College. Before coming to NSU he taught at St. Louis (Mo.) Junior College, Atlantic University, Horner Junior College, and LaCrosse Wisconsin State College. ...

Gauss, Carl Friedrich, 1977-1855

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Gauss, Carl Friedrich, 1777-1855.

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Gauss was a German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. From the guide to the Family papers, 1845-1925., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) German mathematician (mathematics, mathematical physics, astronomy, geophysics). Studied: Collegium Carolinum (Brunswick) 1792-1795; University of Göttingen 1795-1798; private researcher 1898-1806; University of Göttingen 1807 Director of Observatory and o. professor of mathematics. From th...