Knowra University of Göttingen University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen is a public research university in Göttingen, Germany, founded in 1737 and officially named Georg August University of Göttingen.
George II of Great Britain : King of Great Britain and Ireland and elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760. As elector of Hanover, he founded the university in 1737.
Carl Friedrich Gauss : A German mathematician and physicist whose work transformed number theory, geometry, astronomy, and geodesy. He held Göttingen's mathematics chair and directed its observatory.
University : An institution of higher education that awards degrees and conducts or supports advanced scholarship. Göttingen is one institution within this broader form of organized higher education.
Nazi book burnings : Public burnings of books organized by Nazi groups in Germany in 1933 to suppress works deemed ideologically unacceptable. The campaign formed part of the political climate that drove scholars from Göttingen.
Göttingen School of Mathematics : A tradition of mathematical research centered at Göttingen, especially influential from the nineteenth century through the early twentieth century. Its mathematicians established the university's international standing in the discipline.
Gerhard von Münchhausen : A Hanoverian statesman who served as the university's founding curator. He organized the university's early development and recruited its first scholars.
David Hilbert : A German mathematician whose work influenced algebra, geometry, mathematical physics, and the foundations of mathematics. His Göttingen school made the university a leading center of mathematics.
Göttingen : A city in Lower Saxony, Germany, known for its university and scientific institutions. The university is embedded in Göttingen's civic life and gives the city much of its character.
Nazi Germany : The German state under Nazi rule from 1933 to 1945, marked by dictatorship, persecution, and war. Nazi policies expelled or dismissed Göttingen scholars and damaged its academic community.
Göttingen School of History : A historical tradition associated with Göttingen scholars who advanced critical methods and source-based research. The university became a major center for professional historical scholarship.
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