Abraham Gotthelf Kästner
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Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (27 September 1719 – 20 June 1800) was a German mathematician and epigrammatist.
Biography
He was known in his professional life for writing textbooks and compiling encyclopedias rather than for original research.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was one of his doctoral students, and admired the man greatly.
He became most well known for his epigrammatic poems.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in April 1789.
The crater Kästner on the Moon is named after him.
