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Moritz Abraham Stern

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German mathematician (1807-1894)

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Moritz Abraham Stern was a German mathematician. Stern became Ordinarius at Göttingen University in 1858, succeeding Carl Friedrich Gauss. Stern was the first Jewish full professor at a German university who attained the position without changing his Jewish religion.

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Moritz Abraham Stern was a German mathematician. Stern became Ordinarius at Göttingen University in 1858, succeeding Carl Friedrich Gauss. Stern was the first Jewish full professor at a German university who attained the position without changing his Jewish religion. Although Carl Gustav Jacobi preceded him as the first Jew to obtain a math professorial chair in Germany, Jacobi's family had converted to Christianity long before then.

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Lived 1807 to 1894 · aged 86
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