János Bolyai
1802
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1860
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Austrian Empire
educated at: Theresian Military Academy
occupation: mathematician
student of: Farkas Bolyai
János Bolyai (Hungarian: [ˈjaːnoʃ ˈboːjɒi]; 15 December 1802 – 27 January 1860) or Johann Bolyai, was a Hungarian mathematician who developed absolute geometry—a geometry that includes both Euclidean geometry and hyperbolic geometry. The discovery of a consistent alternative geometry that might correspond to the structure of the universe helped to free mathematicians to study abstract concepts irrespective of any possible connection with the physical world. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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