Nikolai Lobachevsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nikolai Lobachevsky

Russian mathematician of Ukrainian origin

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1792

Place of Birth: Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 12-Feb-1856

Profession: professor, mathematician, rector

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (Russian: ??????´? ???´????? ??????´?????, IPA: [n?ik?'laj ?'van?v??t? l?b?'t??fsk??j] (listen); 1 December [O.S.
20 November] 1792 – 24 February [O.S.
12 February] 1856) was a Russian mathematician and geometer, known primarily for his work on hyperbolic geometry, otherwise known as Lobachevskian geometry and also his fundamental study on Dirichlet integrals known as Lobachevsky integral formula. William Kingdon Clifford called Lobachevsky the "Copernicus of Geometry" due to the revolutionary character of his work.