LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.goettingen.de/

Population:
129,466 (2004)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Göttingen	1734

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen	Chemist	31-Mar-1811	16-Aug-1899	Spectrum analysis, bunsen burner
Juliane Köhler	Actor	6-Aug-1965		Aimee & Jaguar
Gerry Neugebauer	Astronomer	3-Sep-1932		Infrared astronomy
Peter Struck	Government	24-Jan-1943	19-Dec-2012	German Defense Minister, 2002-05
Helge H. Wehmeier	Business	1943		CEO of Bayer Corporation, 1995-2002

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Walter Baade	Astronomer	24-Mar-1893	25-Jun-1960	German-American observational astronomer
Max Born	Physicist	11-Dec-1882	5-Jan-1970	Pioneer of quantum mechanics
Gottfried August Bürger	Poet	31-Dec-1747	8-Jun-1794	Lenore
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn	Religion	16-Oct-1752	27-Jun-1827	Old Testament scholar and critic
James Franck	Physicist	26-Aug-1882	21-May-1964	Franck-Hertz experiment
Carl Friedrich Gauss	Mathematician	30-Apr-1777	23-Feb-1855	Perhaps the greatest German mathematician
Otto Hahn	Chemist	8-Mar-1879	28-Jul-1968	Demonstrated fission
David Hilbert	Mathematician	23-Jan-1862	14-Feb-1943	Hilbert Space
Johann Tobias Mayer	Astronomer	17-Feb-1723	20-Feb-1762	Kosmographische Nachrichten
Hermann Minkowski	Mathematician	22-Jun-1864	12-Jan-1909	Minkowski space
Max Planck	Physicist	23-Apr-1858	4-Oct-1947	Originator of quantum theory
Ludwig Prandtl	Physicist	4-Feb-1875	15-Aug-1953	Father of Aerodynamics
Otto Wallach	Chemist	27-Mar-1847	26-Feb-1931	Terpenes and essential oils
Wilhelm Weber	Physicist	24-Oct-1804	23-Jun-1891	Student of electromagnetism
Adolf Windaus	Chemist	25-Dec-1876	9-Jun-1959	Investigated cholesterol, Vitamin D
Friedrich Wöhler	Chemist	31-Jul-1800	23-Sep-1882	Artificial creation of urea
Richard Zsigmondy	Chemist	1-Apr-1865	23-Sep-1929	Ultramicroscope

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