EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1544 by Albert, Duke of Prussia, in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad).

Location:
Kaliningrad, Russia

Founding Date:
1544

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander	Astronomer	22-Mar-1799	17-Feb-1875	Durchmusterung
David Hilbert	Mathematician	23-Jan-1862	14-Feb-1943	Hilbert Space
E. T. A. Hoffmann	Author	24-Jan-1776	25-Jun-1822	Das Fräulein van Scuderi
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff	Physicist	12-Mar-1824	17-Oct-1887	Theory of spectrum analysis
Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz	Poet	12-Jan-1751	24-May-1792	Sturm und Drang movement
Willy Ley	Author	2-Oct-1906	24-May-1969	The Conquest of Space
Fritz Lipmann	Scientist	12-Jun-1899	24-Jul-1986	Carbohydrate oxidation
Hermann Minkowski	Mathematician	22-Jun-1864	12-Jan-1909	Minkowski space
Oskar Minkowski	Doctor	13-Jan-1858	18-Jul-1931	Linked pancreas to diabetes
Emin Pasha	Explorer	28-Mar-1840	23-Oct-1892	German colonial traveller in Africa
Arnold Sommerfeld	Physicist	5-Dec-1868	26-Apr-1951	Fine-structure constant
Hermann von Helmholtz	Physicist	31-Aug-1821	8-Sep-1894	Law of Conservation of Energy

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Karl Ernst von Baer	Biologist	29-Feb-1792	28-Nov-1876	De Ovi Mammalium
David Hilbert	Mathematician	23-Jan-1862	14-Feb-1943	Hilbert Space
Karl Gustav Jacobi	Mathematician	10-Dec-1804	18-Feb-1851	Investigated elliptical functions
Konrad Lorenz	Zoologist	7-Nov-1903	27-Feb-1989	Founder of modern ethology
Hermann Minkowski	Mathematician	22-Jun-1864	12-Jan-1909	Minkowski space

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