Niels Henrick Abel

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Born Aug. 5th, 1802 in Nedstrand, Norway. The second child of Søren Georg Abel and Anne Marie Simonsen, Niels was raised in a rectory in Finnøy, where his father was a pastor.

Records indicate Anne Marie was an early onset alcoholic, taking little to no interest in raising her children. Niels and his brothers were home schooled by their father from handwritten books. An addition table in one book read "1+0=0".

Søren Georg Abel

Anne Marie Simonsen

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Niels Henrick Abel

By Steven Pautler

An introduction to one of the world's greatest mathematicians who died too young. There's no telling how far Abel would have pushed mathematics had he not died at the tender age of 26.

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