Lie biography. Born: 17 December 1842 in Nordfjordeide, Norway Died: 18 February 1899 in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway Click the picture aboveto see two larger pictures Show birthplace location Sophus Lie's father was Johann Herman Lie, a Lutheran minister.
His parents had six children and Sophus was the youngest of the six. Sophus first attended school in the town of Moss, which is a port in south-eastern Norway, on the eastern side of the Oslo Fjord. Finding 'Beautiful' Symmetry Near Absolute Zero. Quantum Physics. MIT Center for Collective Intelligence.