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For things named after Carl Friedrich Gauss, see List of things named after Carl Friedrich Gauss. For other persons or things named Gauss, see Gauss (disambiguation). Carl Friedrich Gauss Carl Friedrich Gauss (17771855), painted by Christian Albrecht Jensen Born Died Residence Nationality Fields Institutions Alma mater Doctoral advisor Other academic advisors 30 April 1777 Brunswick, Duchy of BrunswickWolfenbttel, Holy Roman Empire 23 February 1855 (aged 77) Gttingen, Kingdom of Hanover Kingdom of Hanover German Mathematics and physics University of Gttingen University of Helmstedt Johann Friedrich Pfaff Johann Christian Martin Bartels Christoph Gudermann Christian Ludwig Gerling Richard Dedekind Johann Listing Bernhard Riemann Christian Peters Moritz Cantor Johann Encke Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet Gotthold Eisenstein Carl Wolfgang Benjamin Goldschmidt Gustav Kirchhoff Ernst Kummer August Ferdinand Mbius L. C. Schnrlein Julius Weisbach See full list Sophie Ferdinand Minding Copley Medal (1838) Germain

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Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (/as/; German: Gau, pronounced [as] ( listen); Latin: Carolus Fridericus Gauss) (30 April 1777 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician and physical scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, algebra, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy, and optics. Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum[1] (Latin, "the Prince of Mathematicians" or "the foremost of mathematicians") and "greatest mathematician since antiquity", Gauss had a remarkable influence in many fields of mathematics and science and is ranked as one of history's most influential mathematicians.[2]