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Heinrich Eduard Heine was a German mathematician.
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science · German mathematician (1821–1881) · mathematician · university teacher · also Eduard Heine, Heinrich Eduard Heine, Heine
Born 16 March 1821 · Died 21 October 1881 · Q77301
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Published “The weirdest people in the world?” in Behavioral and Brain Sciences — cited 9,674 times.
Published “Secondary prevention of macrovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes in the PROactive Study (PROspective pioglitAzone Clinical Trial In macroVascular Events): a randomised controlled trial” in The Lancet — cited 3,435 times.
Published “(CdSe)ZnS Core−Shell Quantum Dots: Synthesis and Characterization of a Size Series of Highly Luminescent Nanocrystallites” in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B — cited 3,809 times.
Died 1881-10-21.
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Won Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal (1877).
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At the centenary of Gauss's birth, he was awarded the Gauss Medal for his research
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The University of Göttingen offered Heine a mathematics chair but he decided to reject the offer and remain in Halle
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Career landmark: rector (1864–1865).
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Heine moved as a full professor to the University of Halle, where he remained for the rest of his life
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Married Sophie Wolff, the daughter of a Berlin merchant; the couple had five children, four daughters and one son
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Heine went for a teaching position at the University of Bonn, passing his habilitation and starting as a privatdozent
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Studied at University of Königsberg (1842–1843).
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Was awarded a PhD by the University of Berlin for a thesis on differential equations submitted with Enno Dirksen and Martin Ohm as advisors
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Studied at Frederick William University Berlin (1840–1842).
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Studied at University of Göttingen (1839–1840).
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Heine returned to Berlin, where he studied mathematics under Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, while also attending classes of Jakob Steiner and Johann Franz Encke
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Studied at Frederick William University Berlin (1838–1839).
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After graduating from gymnasium, he enrolled at the University of Berlin, but transferred to the University of Göttingen to attend the mathematics lectures of Carl Friedrich Gauss and Moritz Stern
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Studied at Köllnisches Gymnasium (1838).
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Born 1821-03-16.
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