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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Biography
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Biography
Wilhelm
Leibniz
who is Gottfried
Wilhelm Leibniz?
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was born on July 1,
1646, in Leipzig Germany, and died at the age
of 70year old on November 14, 1716, in
Hanover Germany. He was educated at the
Nicolai School, however become in large part
self-taught in the library of his father, who died
in 1652. In 1661, at the age of 14 Gottfried
entered the University of Leipzig where his
father used to teach, and as a law student there
he came into contact with the thought of
scientists and philosophers. He is a German
philosopher, mathematician, and political
adviser.
What is his major Leibniz
conttibution?