Hermann Grassmann

Hermann Günther Grassmann was a German polymath known in his day as a linguist and now also as a mathematician. He was also a physicist, general scholar, and publisher. His mathematical work was little noted until he was in his sixties. His work preceded and exceeded the concept which is now known as a vector space.

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Who was born first?

• Hermann Grassmann and James Glaisher were born the same year
• Hermann Grassmann and Joseph Liouville were born the same year
• Hermann Grassmann and Benjamin Peirce were born the same year
• Hermann Grassmann and Luigi Federico Menabrea were born the same year
• Hermann Grassmann was born 1 year after Caterina Scarpellini

Timeline

1. Caterina ScarpelliniOctober 29, 1808 – November 28, 1873
2. Benjamin PeirceApril 4, 1809 – October 6, 1880
3. Hermann Grassmann (this page)April 15, 1809 – September 26, 1877
4. James GlaisherApril 7, 1809 – February 7, 1903
5. Joseph LiouvilleMarch 24, 1809 – September 8, 1882
6. Luigi Federico MenabreaSeptember 4, 1809 – May 24, 1896

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