Life and education Möbius was born in Schulpforta, Electorate of Saxony, and was descended on his mother's side from religious reformer Martin Luther. He was home-schooled until he was 13, when he attended the college in Schulpforta in 1803, and studied there, graduating in 1809. He then enrolled at the University of Leipzig, where he studied astronomy under the mathematician and astronomer Karl Mollweide. In 1813, he began to study astronomy under mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss at the University of Göttingen, while Gauss was the director of the Göttingen Observatory. From there, he went to study with Carl Gauss's instructor, Johann Pfaff, at the University of Halle, where he completed his doctoral thesis The occultation of fixed stars in 1815. In 1816, he was appointed as Extraordinary Professor to the "chair of astronomy and higher mechanics" at the University of Leipzig. Möbius died in Leipzig in 1868 at the age of 77.
Life and education Möbius was born in Schulpforta Electorate of Saxony and was descended on his mother's side from religious reformer Martin Luther He was home-schooled until he was 13 when he attended the college in Schulpforta in 1803 and studied there graduating in 1809 He then enrolled at the University of Leipzig where he studied astronomy under the mathematician and astronomer Karl Mollweide In 1813 he began to study astronomy under mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss at the University of Göttingen while Gauss was the director of the Göttingen Observatory From there he went to study with Carl Gauss's instructor Johann Pfaff at the University of Halle where he completed his doctoral thesis The occultation of fixed stars in 1815 In 1816 he was appointed as Extraordinary Professor to the "chair of astronomy and higher mechanics" at the University of Leipzig Möbius died in Leipzig in 1868 at the age of 77