Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky facts for kids
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (born in 1792, died in 1856) was a brilliant Russian mathematician. He is famous for his amazing work in a special area of math called non-Euclidean geometry. This type of geometry explores shapes and spaces in ways that are different from the usual rules you might learn in school.
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Lobachevsky's Early Life and Education
Nikolai Lobachevsky was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. His father, Ivan Maksimovich Lobachevsky, worked in an office that measured land. His mother was Praskovia Alexandrovna Lobachevskaya.
When Nikolai was young, his father passed away in 1800. His mother then moved the family to Kazan. In Kazan, young Nikolai went to a school called Kazan Gymnasium. He finished school in 1807.
After the gymnasium, he went to Kazan University. This university was quite new, having been started just three years earlier in 1804.
Becoming a Professor
At Kazan University, Lobachevsky was taught by a professor named Johann Christian Martin Bartels. Professor Bartels was a friend and former teacher of a very famous German mathematician, Carl Friedrich Gauss.
Nikolai Lobachevsky earned his Master's degree in physics and mathematics in 1811. Just three years later, in 1814, he became a lecturer at Kazan University. A lecturer is like a teacher at a university.
By 1822, he became a full professor. This meant he was a main teacher and researcher. He also held many important jobs in the university's management. From 1827 to 1846, he was the rector of Kazan University. The rector is like the president or head of the university.
Besides teaching math and physics, Lobachevsky also taught astronomy at the university. He retired from his work in 1846. After he retired, his health quickly became worse.
Family Life
In 1832, Nikolai Lobachevsky married Varvara Alexivna Moisieva. They had seven children together.
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Annual celebration of Lobachevsky's birthday by participants of Volga's student Mathematical Olympiad
See also
In Spanish: Nikolái Lobachevski para niños
