Göttingen Sieben

…five other professors (the “Göttingen Seven”), sent a protest to the king, explaining that they felt themselves bound by oath to the old constitution. As a result, they were dismissed, and three professors, including Jacob, were ordered to leave the kingdom of Hanover at once. Through their part in…

…(1837) of seven professors, the Göttinger Sieben (“Göttingen Seven”), diminished its prosperity. Strong mathematics and physics faculties led to its revival in the late 19th century. The university library is one of the richest collections in Germany.

…professors, the Göttinger Sieben (“Göttingen Seven”), were expelled for political protest, but by the late 19th century its Mathematical Institute, headed at various times by Carl Friedrich Gauss, P.G.L. Dirichlet, Bernhard Riemann, and David Hilbert, was attracting students from all over the world. In the 20th century its faculty…