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Schulpforta, otherwise known as Pforta, is a school located in Pforta monastery, a former Cistercian monastery. The school is located near Naumburg on the Saale River in the German state of Saxony-Anh
Pforta, Altes Schulhaus
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August Ferdinand Möbius
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August Ferdinand Möbius was a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer.
Pforta
…Naumburg on the Saale River in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The site has been a school since the 16th century. Notable alumni include mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius, historian Leopold von Ranke, and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Today, it is a notable public boarding school for academically gifted children…
Engraving of Möbius by Adolf Neumann, c. 1850
1843 copy of Die Elemente der Mechanik des Himmels
First page to a 1843 copy of Die Elemente der Mechanik des Himmels