List of Famous people born in Cuxhaven, Germany

Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes

First Name Heinrich

Last Name Brandes

Born on July 27, 1777

Died on May 17, 1834 (aged 56)

Born in Germany, Lower Saxony, Cuxhaven

Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes was a German physicist, meteorologist, and astronomer.

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Theodor Reye

First Name Theodor

Born on June 20, 1838

Died on July 2, 1919 (aged 81)

Born in Germany, Lower Saxony, Cuxhaven

Karl Theodor Reye was a German mathematician. He contributed to geometry, particularly projective geometry and synthetic geometry. He is best known for his introduction of configurations in the second edition of his book, Geometrie der Lage. The Reye configuration of 12 points, 12 planes, and 16 lines is named after him.

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