Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach
Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach (
1800-
1827) was a
German geometer. After receiving his doctorate at age 22, he became a professor of
mathematics at the
Gymnasium at
Erlangen. In
1822 he wrote a small book on mathematics noted mainly for a theorem at the bottom of one of the pages on the
nine point circle. Shortly before his death he introduced
homogeneous coordinates, independent of
Möbius.