The Life and Work of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Leipzig
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was born in Leipzig on 1 July 1646.
From 1661 to 1666 he studied Philosophy and Law in Leipzig and Jena.
Mainz
1668鈥�1672: initial employment at the court of the Elector and Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, Johann Philipp von Sch枚nborn.
Paris
1672鈥�1676: study of mathematical and theological questions.
London
First model of the 鈥渇our species calculating machine鈥�; presentation at the Royal Society in February 1673 and admission to this academy.
Paris
1675: discovery of infinitesimal calculus.
Hannover
1676鈥�1679: employed as Counsellor and Librarian to Duke Johann Friedrich of Brunswick-L眉neburg. Scientific, political and forensic work under Duke Ernst August of Hannover.
Clausthal-Zellerfeld
1682鈥�1686: occupied with technical problems at the mines in the Harz Mountains. Commissioned to write a history of the Guelph family.
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1691: appointment as Director of the Library
1696: appointment as Privy Counsellor for Justice
Hannover
1698鈥�1716: historical, diplomatic and scientific work under Elector Georg Ludwig of Hannover.
Leibniz died on 14 November 1716. His grave is in the Neust盲dter Hof- und Stadtkirche St. Johannis in Hannover.
