August Ferdinand Mobius

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August Ferdinand Mobius

August Ferdinand Möbius was born on November 17, 1790 in Schulpforta, Germany. (Then called Saxony.) He was the only child of Johann Heinrich Mobius, a dancing teacher. She was related to the famous Martin Luther, the man responsible for writing the document known as the 96 Thesis. Möbius himself was home schooled until he was thirteen. Showing an avid interest in mathematics, he went to college in Schulpforta, Germany in 1803.
When Möbius graduated from college in 1809 he became a student at the university of Leipzig. Here he started to study law against the will of his family. However, halfway through his first year he realized that law did not fit his interests. He then switched to the study of mathematics, physics, and astronomy.
During his time in college, some well-known mathematicians and astronomers influenced Möbius. It is said that his greatest influence was that of Karl Mollweide, his astronomy teacher. Mollweide is known for the trigonometric relations he discovered in 1807.
Möbius then went to Göttingen, Germany in 1813. Here he studied under Carl Friedrich Gauss. Gauss, like Mollweide, was also an astronomer. However, Gauss' main interests were mathematical. From Göttingen Möbius went to Halle and studied under Johann Pfaff, Gauss' teacher. Pfaff taught him mainly mathematics. By the end of his studies, Möbius had established firm roots in both mathematics and astronomy.
In 1816, Möbius was appointed to the chair of astronomy at Leipzig. He hoped to soon become a full professor. However, his hopes were abolished when it became clear that Möbius' ability to give an interesting lecture was not quite up to par. In fact, he had to advertise his lectures as being free just to get people to come to them. He was, however, offered other jobs as a proffessor in both mathematics and astronomy at other schools. He turned these jobs down due to his loyalty to Leipzig. In 1844, Mobius was offered professorship at the University of Jena. Seeing how they might lose Mobius, Leipzig granted him full professorship.
Mobius was also an observer at the observatory at leipzig. He was also involved in the reconstruction of the observatory. He was supervisor of this project. In...

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