Karl Gustav Reuschle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German mathematician
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Place of Birth: Mehrstetten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Karl Gustav Reuschle
- Karl Gustav Reuschle (26 Dezember 1812 – 22 May 1875) was a German mathematician, geographer and educator. Reuschle was born in Mehrstetten in Baden-Württemberg and studied math and theology at the University of Tübingen.
- After his graduation he continued his studies in mathematics for a year in Paris and for a year in Berlin.
- From 1837 onwards Reuschle worked as a teacher, first in Schöntal then in Tübingen (1938) and finally since 1840 at a gymnasium in Stuttgart, where he taught as professor for mathematics and geography.
- Reuschle authored a number of science books, mostly on geography and mathematics.
- Particularly well received at the time was his biography of Johannes Kepler (1871).
- His son Karl Reuschle (1847–1909) was a mathematician as well, he became the cofounder of the mathematical seminar at the University of Stuttgart.
- Reuschle died on 22 May 1875 in Stuttgart.In elementary geometry Reuschle's theorem is named after him.
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