Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
1646 to 1716
7 documented presences
6 places
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (or Leibnitz; 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist, and diplomat who is credited, alongside Isaac Newton, with the creation of calculus in addition to many other branches of mathematics, such as binary arithmetic and statistics.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was documented, and when
1 July 1646exact date
Leipzigattested
“Gottfried Leibniz was born on 1 July 1646, in Leipzig, in the Electorate of Saxony of the Holy Roman Empire (now in the German state of Saxony) to Friedrich Leibniz (1597–1652) and Catharina Schmuck (1621–1664).”
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1 July 1646exact date
Electorate of Saxonyattested
“Gottfried Leibniz was born on 1 July 1646, in Leipzig, in the Electorate of Saxony of the Holy Roman Empire (now in the German state of Saxony) to Friedrich Leibniz (1597–1652) and Catharina Schmuck (1621–1664).”
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1667year
Mainzattested
“Leibniz's next major attempt to find a universal rational core to law and so found a legal "science of right", came when Leibniz worked in Mainz from 1667–72.”
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1676year
Hanoverattested
“Leibniz managed to delay his arrival in Hanover until the end of 1676 after making one more short journey to London, where Newton accused him of having seen his unpublished work on calculus in advance.”
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1676year
Londonattested
“Leibniz managed to delay his arrival in Hanover until the end of 1676 after making one more short journey to London, where Newton accused him of having seen his unpublished work on calculus in advance.”
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May 1688month
Viennaattested
“While making his grand tour of European archives to research the Brunswick family history that he never completed, Leibniz stopped in Vienna between May 1688 and February 1689, where he did much legal and diplomatic work for the Brunswicks.”
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1716year
Hanoverattested
“Leibniz died in Hanover in 1716, and was interred in the New Town Church ().”
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Places Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is documented in
Hanover2 presences · 1676 to 1716Leipzig1 presence · 1646London1 presence · 1676Mainz1 presence · 1667Vienna1 presence · 1688
Electorate of Saxony1 presence · 1646
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1669year
Hanovermentioned
“In this regard, a 1669 invitation from Duke John Frederick of Brunswick to visit Hanover proved to have been fateful.”
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1672year
Parismentioned
“In 1672, the French government invited Leibniz to Paris for discussion, but the plan was soon overtaken by the outbreak of the Franco-Dutch War and became irrelevant.”
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1673year
Londonmentioned
“When it became clear that France would not implement its part of Leibniz's Egyptian plan, the Elector sent his nephew, escorted by Leibniz, on a related mission to the English government in London, early in 1673.”
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1675year
French Academymentioned
“In 1675 he tried to get admitted to the French Academy of Sciences as a foreign honorary member, but it was considered that there were already enough foreigners there and so no invitation came.”
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October 1676month
1680 to 1685period
Harzmentioned
“From 1680 to 1685, he struggled to overcome the chronic flooding that afflicted the ducal silver mines in the Harz mountains, but did not succeed.”
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1687 to 1690period
Germanymentioned
“From 1687 to 1690, Leibniz traveled extensively in Germany, Austria, and Italy, seeking and finding archival materials bearing on this project.”
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1689year
Viennamentioned
“The paper is undated; that he wrote it while in Vienna in 1689 was determined only in 1999, when the ongoing historical-critical scholarly editing of the collected papers of Leibniz by the editorial project (), the () colloquially, final…”
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1690year
Wolfenbüttelmentioned
“After working at this library, by the end of 1690 Leibniz was appointed as privy-councilor and librarian of the Bibliotheca Augusta at Wolfenbüttel.”
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1691year
Wolfenbüttelmentioned
“Leibniz was appointed Librarian of the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, in 1691.”
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1700year
Parismentioned
“He was, however, eulogized by Fontenelle, before the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, which had admitted him as a foreign member in 1700.”
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1712year
Viennamentioned
“In 1712, Leibniz began a two-year residence in Vienna, where he was appointed Imperial Court Councillor to the Habsburgs.”
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1716year
Bad Pyrmontmentioned
“In 1716, while traveling in northern Europe, the Russian Tsar Peter the Great stopped in Bad Pyrmont and met Leibniz, who took interest in Russian matters since 1708 and was appointed advisor in 1711.”
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