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Created page with "== Early Life and Education == Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet was born on February 13, 1805, in Düren, a small town in the Rhineland region of Germany. His father, Johann Arnold Lejeune Dirichlet, was a postmaster, merchant, and city councilor. His mother was Anna Elisabeth Lejeune Dirichlet, née Schüller. He was the seventh of nine children in the family. Dirichlet's early education was provided at home by his father, who taught him the basics of arithmetic and sur..."