Thomas Abbt
Thomas Abbt (
1738 -
1766) was a
mathematician and
German writer born at
Ulm in 1738. He studied at the
University of Halle and in
1761 was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Rinteln. While there he wrote his most well known works,
Vom Verdienste (
1765) and
Ueber den Tod fur Vaterland (
1761).
Later in life he was invited by Count William of Lippe-Schauenberg to his court at Buckeburg where he stayed until his death in 1766.