Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (September 27, 1719 – June 20, 1800) was a German mathematician. September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... Events January 23 - The Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) Births November 30 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, later Princess of Wales. ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A mathematician is a person whose area of study and research is mathematics. ...
He was famed mostly for writing textbooks and compiling encyclopedias rather than for original research. He wrote Mathematische Anfangsgründe and Geschichte der Mathematik.
A crater on the Moon is named after him. The word crater may refer to A landform resembling a pit or depression in the topography that can be formed in several ways: speculation exists that a meteorite impact with another body can cause an impact crater, an electrical discharge on any scale tends to form circular craters, volcanic activity... For other moons in the solar system see natural satellite. ...