Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
1646–1716
German polymath and co-inventor of calculus.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) was a philosopher and mathematician, born in Leipzig and died in Hanover.
- Known as
- Philosopher and mathematician
- Category
- Thinkers
- Born
- 1646, Leipzig
- Died
- 1716, Hanover
Connections
- Isaac Newton: rivals Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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Portrait: Christoph Bernhard Francke, Public domain.