Gotthilf hagen biography of william
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Gotthilf hagen biography of william
Gotthilf Hagen
German physicist
Gotthilf Heinrich Ludwig Hagen (3 March 1797 – 3 February 1884) was a German civil engineer who made important contributions to fluid dynamics, hydraulic engineering and probability theory.
Life and work
Hagen was born in Königsberg, East Prussia (Kaliningrad, Russia) to Friedrich Ludwig Hagen and Helene Charlotte Albertine Hagen.[1] His father was a government official and his mother was the daughter of Christian Reccard, professor of Theology at University of Königsberg, consistorial councillor and astronomer.
He showed promise in mathematics in high school and he went on to study at the University of Königsberg where his uncle, Karl Gottfried Hagen was professor of physics and chemistry.[1]
In 1816 Hagen began studying mathematics and astronomy with Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel,[2] but in 1818 he switched to study civil engineering as he was more attracted to applied than theoretical science.[3] Never