Friedrich Leibniz
| Friedrich Leibniz | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
circa 1597 Altenburg |
| Died |
circa 1652 Leipzig |
| Fields | Moral philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Leipzig |
| Alma mater | University of Leipzig |
| Spouse | unnamed wife, unnamed wife, Catharina Schmuck |
| Children | Johann Friedrich, Anna Rosina, Gottfried Wilhelm |
Friedrich Leibniz (or Leibnütz; 1597–1652) [1][2] was a Lutheran Christian [2][3] lawyer and a notary, registrar and professor of moral philosophy within Leipzig University.[2][4][5][6] He was the father of Gottfried Leibniz.
Biography
He was born in Altenburg, the son of Ambrosious Leibniz, a civil servant, and a Leipzig noblewoman named Anna Deuerlin.[4]
He completed his master's degree at the University of Leipzig during 1622 and became an actuary in administration at the University.[2] His first marriage in 1625 produced a son, Johann Friedrich, and a daughter, Anna Rosina. He was elected to the chair in moral philosophy at Leipzig in 1640. A childless marriage to a second wife ended with her death 1643.[4][7] A subsequent 1644 marriage to Catharina Schmuck, a daughter of a well known lawyer (or professor of law [8]) produced a son, the polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.[4]
| “ | On Sunday 21 June [NS: 1 July] 1646, my son Gottfried Wilhelm is born into the world a quarter after six in the evening, in Aquarius.[9][10] | ” |
During 1646 Leibniz was vice chairman of the faculty of philosophy and also was Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Leipzig, in addition to employment as actuary.[4] He possessed a collection of books of ancient source.[6]
| “ | ... a competent though not original scholar, who devoted his time to his offices and to his family as a pious, Christian father.[11] | ” |
Leibniz is notable because his mathematical "descendants," which include Carl Friedrich Gauss, number more than 109,000.[12]
References
- ↑ (possibly unreliable) Rodovid, a free multilingual family tree portal; Special:Tree Retrieved 2012-02-09
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Brandon C. Look The Continuum Companion to Leibniz. - 528 pages Continuum International Publishing Group, 4 Aug 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-26.ISBN 0826429750
- ↑ Look, B. C 2007 Stanford University Encyclopedia of Philosophy → .edu Retrieved 2012-02-09
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 (Professor Gregory Brown) - University of Houston Friedrich Leibniz. Leibniz Society of North America. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ (Heinrich Schepers & Ronald Calinger) - Richard S. Westfall Department of History and Philosophy of Science Indiana University - The Galileo Project - Rice University .edu-Catalogue Retrieved 2012-01-27
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Nicholas Jolley - The Cambridge companion to Leibniz - 500 pages. Cambridge University Press, 1995. doi:10.1017/CCOL0521365880.002. Retrieved 2012-01-26. ISBN 0-521-36769-7
- ↑ Mitchel T. Keller et al North Dakota State University 58108-6050. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ Ariew, Roger. G. W. Leibniz, life and works. The Cambridge Companion to Leibniz. Ed. Nicholas Jolley. Cambridge University Press, 1995. Cambridge Collections Online. Cambridge University Press. 26 January 2012 doi:10.1017/CCOL0521365880.002 Retrieved 2012-01-26
- ↑ It is possible that the words "in Aquarius" refer to the Moon (the Sun in Cancer; Sagittarius rising (Ascendant)); see Astro-Databank chart of Gottfried Leibniz.
- ↑ The original has "1/4 uff 7 uhr" but there is no reason to assume that in the 17th century this meant a quarter to seven. The quote is given by Hartmut Hecht in Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (Teubner-Archiv zur Mathematik Volume 2, 1992), in the first lines of chapter 2, Der junge Leibniz, p. 15; see H. Hecht, Der junge Leibniz.
- ↑ E J Aiton, Leibniz : A biography (Bristol- Boston, 1984).[ University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics GAP] Retrieved 2012-01-26
- ↑ Mathematics Genealogy Project entry for Friedrich Leibniz