Felix Christian KleinFelix Christian Klein was born April 25, 1849 (O'Conner and Robertson). Felix Klein was born in Düsseldorf, Prussia, now Germany. Also known as Felix Klein, he was a mathematician known for his research in non-Euclidean geometry, group theory and function theory (German mathematician Felix Klein). Felix Klein's father was part of the Prussian government. His father was secretary to the head of government. After graduating from the Düsseldorf gymnasium, Felix Klein went to the University of Bonn and studied mathematics and physics from 1865 to 1866. Before studying non-Euclidean geometry, Felix Klein wanted to become a physicist. While still at the University of Bonn he was appointed laboratory assistant to Julius Plücker (German mathematician Felix Klein). Felix Klein received his doctorate under Plücker's supervision. Plücker had an interest in geometry, which prompted Felix Klein to start studying geometry. Plücker died a few months after Felix Klein obtained his doctorate, leaving Plücker's work incomplete and only one person managed to finish his work (O'Conner and Robertson). That person would be Felix Klein. After Julius Plücker died and Felix Klein began working on his unfinished work, he worked with a man named Alfred Clebsch. Alfred Clebsch was the head of the mathematics department at the University of Göttingen (German mathematician Felix Klein). Clebsch had moved to Göttingen in 1868. Clebsch recommended Klein as a professor of mathematics at the University of Erlangen (German mathematician Felix Klein). Before Felix Klein met Clebsch, he worked with Sophus Lie whom he met in Berlin shortly before the Franco-German War in 1870 (Felix Klein German mathematician).Felix K...... middle of paper ......mes dell mathematics teaching at all levels in Germany (O'Conner and Robertson). Felix Klein was awarded the De Morgan Medal in 1893 by the London Mathematical Society (O'Conner and Robertson). In 1912 the Royal Society awarded the Copley Medal to Felix Klein. In 1885 he was first inducted into the Royal Society (O'Conner and Robertson). Felix Klein also has an award named after him. The prize is awarded to a young scientist or a usually small group of young scientists ("The European Mathematical Society"). The prize awarded is not aimed at any age group, but rather is aimed at the younger generations ("The European Mathematical Society"). The standard you must meet to be eligible to win this award is that your breakthrough must help solve a problem that is occurring within an industry ("The European Mathematical Society").