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February 9, 1775
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November 20, 1856
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00000000815600770
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OL66656A0
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Farkas Bolyai (born 9 February 1775 in Sibiu, Austrian Empire) was a mathematician, poet, astronomer, and inventor. Farkas Bolyai studied at the University of Göttingen, where his doctoral advisor was Abraham Gotthelf Kästner. He had one child, János Bolyai, who also became a mathematician and was his doctoral student.
Farkas Bolyai died on 20 November 1856 in Târgu Mureș.
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