Georg Cantor

Creator of set theory, who counted the infinite and paid in decades of opposition and depression.

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1845 – 1918

Core Principles & Analysis

• His 1874 paper proved algebraic numbers can be listed but transcendentals cannot.
• Kronecker called him a corrupter of youth and blocked his journal submissions.
• He died in a sanatorium in Halle, having also fixed the numbering of Bach's chorales.