page_title: Leipzig University
section_title: People associated with the Leipzig University
hierarchical_section_title: Leipzig University / People associated with the Leipzig University
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context_page_description: Leipzig University, in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university in Germany. The university was founded on December 2, 1409 by Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and his brother William II, Margrave of Meissen, and originally comprised the four scholastic faculties. Since its inception, the university has engaged in teaching and research for over 600 years without interruption.
  Famous alumni include Leibniz, Goethe, Leopold von Ranke, Friedrich Nietzsche, Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner, Tycho Brahe, Georgius Agricola, Angela Merkel and the nine Nobel laureates associated with the university.
context_section_description: Leipzig University has produced many notable individuals. Some famous people affiliated with Leipzig include:
  August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and theoretical astronomer.
  Hermann Hankel, German mathematician.
  Michael Ranft, German historian and theologian.
  Johann Christoph Altnickol, German composer, son-in-law to Johann Sebastian Bach
  Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer, pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach
  Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, second famous son of Johann Sebastian Bach
  Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer, 3rd famous son of Johann Sebastian Bach
  Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer, first famous son of Johann Sebastian Bach
  Lorenz Christoph Mizler, German composer and music theorist, pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach
  Friedrich Blume, German music theorist
  Selig Brodetsky, Israeli President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  Robert Schumann, German music composer
  Christoph Graupner, German composer
  Johann Kuhnau, German composer, Thomaskantor
  Johann David Heinichen, German composer and music theorist, Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Kapellmeister
  Richard Wagner, German composer
  Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer, godfather to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  Theodor Mommsen, German historian, Nobel Prize in Literature
  Franz Delitzsch, German Theologian and Hebrew Scholar
  Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher
  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet and polymath
  Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, German Mathematician who developed calculus, philosopher, polymath
  Felix Klein, German mathematician, known for his work in group theory, complex analysis and non-Euclidean geometry
  Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician who developed Lie algebra
  Johann Heinrich Winckler, German physicist
  Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics
  Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics
  Friedrich Hund, German physicist, discovered quantum tunnelling and is known for Hund's rules
  Julius Edgar Lilienfeld, Austro-Hungarian physicist
  Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist
  Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer
  Gustav Hertz, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics
  Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics
  William Vermillion Houston, American physicist
  Edward Teller, Hungaro-American nuclear scientist, member of the Manhattan Project
  Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, Dutch mathematician
  Edgar Odell Lovett, American mathematician
  Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  Paul Ehrlich, German doctor, Nobel Prize in Medicine
  Gustav Theodor Fechner, German psychologist, founder of Psychophysics
  Maximilian von Frey, physiologist, inventor of the esthesiometer
  Ernst Heinrich Weber, German physician and professor whose studies paved the way for the founding of Psychology
  Wilhelm Wundt, German psychologist, founded the first formal laboratory for psychological research
  Friedrich Trendelenburg, German surgeon, described surgical removal of pulmonary emboli
  Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and rector of the university
  Johann Christoph Gottsched, German poet, author, and critic
  Christian Friedrich Henrici, German poet, Saxon Actuary, Postal clerk, Postal Commissioner, and Wine inspector
  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher and writer
  Lin Yutang, Chinese author and linguist
  Luo Gan, Chinese Politician, Member of the Politburo Standing Committee
  Johann Major, German Lutheran theologian, a principal author of the so-called Leipzig Interim, and author of the Majoristic Controversy
  Angela Merkel, first female German Chancellor
  Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician, Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor
  Ferdinand de Saussure, linguist, founder of structuralism
  Rudolph Sohm, lawyer and Church historian
  Nathan Söderblom, Swedish clergyman, Nobel Peace Prize
  C. F. W. Walther, first President of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and its most influential theologian.
  Cai Yuanpei, president of Peking University and leading thinker in the early Chinese communist movement
  Michelle Ba
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