Mathematician:Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann

Mathematician
German mathematician who made his mark by publishing a proof in $1882$ that $\pi$ is transcendental. Some sources suggest that many feel that the result should have been attributed to as Lindemann, they feel, was considerably inferior to, and merely stumbled upon this result, by good luck.

Also worked in physics, on the theory of the electron.

Also did considerable research in the history of mathematics.

Nationality
German

History

 * Born: 12 April 1852 in Hannover, Hanover, German Confederation (now Germany)
 * 1873: Awarded Doctorate at Erlangen
 * 1877: Awarded habilitation by the University of Würzburg
 * 1877: Appointed as extraordinary professor at the University of Freiburg
 * 1879: Promoted to ordinary professor at Freiburg
 * 1883: Professor at the University of Königsberg
 * 1893: Accepted a chair at University of Munich
 * 1894: Elected to Bavarian Academy of Sciences as associate member
 * 1895: Elevated to full member of Bavarian Academy of Sciences
 * 1912: Awarded an honorary degree by University of St Andrews
 * Died: 6 March 1939 in Munich, Germany

Theorems and Definitions

 * $\pi$ is Transcendental

Books and Papers

 * 1873: Über unendlich kleine Bewegungen und über Kraftsysteme bei allgemeiner projektivischer Massbestimmung (doctoral thesis)
 * 1882: Über die Zahl (in which $\pi$ is transcendental appears)