Cheers to "Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss"

Born: 30 April 1777 in Brunswick, Duchy of Brunswick (now Germany)
Died: 23 Feb 1855 in Göttingen, Hanover (now Germany)

Best known for:

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/math/gaufcn.html#c2

and his web page:

http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Gauss.html

Walter