Mathias Metternich
German mathematician
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Mathias Metternich was a German mathematician and professor at the University of Mainz. As a revolutionary, he was active in the Republic of Mainz. Early life and education Metternich was born on 8 May 1747 in Steinefrenz, a village in the Electorate of Trier close to Montabaur. He was born into a family of farmers who had lived in the area since the 17th century. Supported by a nobleman, the count of Waldersdorff, Metternich was able to study at the Jesuit gymnasium in Hadamar. In 1770, he went to Mainz, where he was educated as an elementary school teacher at the normal school. He became a teacher at the school of the and in 1780 at the normal school. He also studied mathematics at the University of Mainz from 1780 and at the University of Göttingen from 1784, where he studied with Abraham Gotthelf Kästner. In 1786, he obtained a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Erfurt, with a thesis about friction. While teaching at the normal school, he was a member of the in Mainz.
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