Abel, Niels Henrik b. August 5, 1802 d. April 6, 1829 Mathematician. Born in Nedstrand, Norway, he studied at the University of Christiania (now Oslo). His body of work mainly concentrated on the solution of the Quintic Equation, the elliptic functions and the group theory. Part of his researches were published in the influential "Crelle's Journal". On Christmas 1828 he became ill during a sled journey to visit his fiancee in Froland, Norway, and some months later he died of tuberculosis at the age of 26. German mathematician August Leopold...[Read More] (Bio by: Duke) Cemetery of Froland, Froland, Hordaland County, Norway
b. August 5, 1802 d. April 6, 1829