G. Waldo Dunnington

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Guy Waldo Dunnington (January 15, 1906–April, 1974) was a life-long student of Carl Friedrich Gauss, a famous German mathematician. Dunnington wrote several articles about Gauss and later a biography entitled Carl Frederick Gauss: Titan of Science (ISBN 0-88385-547-X).

Dunnington originally became interested in Gauss through one of his elementary school teachers, Minna Waldeck Gauss Reeves, who was a great-granddaughter of Carl Friedrich Gauss.

Dunnington was a translator at the Nuremberg trials[1].

Dunnington ended his teaching career at Northwestern State University of Louisiana which houses his collection[2], believed to be the largest collection of Gauss material in the world.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Walter Rufus Eagles[1]
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[edit] External Links

  • Some letters Dunnington exchanged with descendants of Gauss[3].


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