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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

1646 - 1716

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Born

1 July 1646

Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony, [modern day Germany], Europe

Died

14 November 1716

Hanover, Electorate of Hanover, [modern day Germany], Europe

Nationality

German

Gender

Male

Date of election for Royal Society fellowship

09/04/1673

Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship

26

Occupation

Civil servant

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Paper, 'De resolutione aequationum cubicarum' [On the resolution of cubic equation] by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Creator: Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz Reference number: CLP/1/1
Copy of a letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to Collins, dated at Hanover
Creator: Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz Reference number: EL/L5/99
Copy of a letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to Collins, dated at Hanover
Creator: Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz Reference number: EL/L5/100
Letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz [to the Royal Society]
Creator: Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz Reference number: EL/L5/101
Letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz [to the Royal Society]
Creator: Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz Reference number: EL/L5/102
Extract of a letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to Theodore Haak
Creator: Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz Reference number: EL/L5/103

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Letter, from Dethlevus Cluverus to Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, dated at London
Creator: Dethlevus Cluverus Reference number: EL/C2/11
Letter, from Robert Hooke to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Creator: Robert Hooke Reference number: EL/H3/63
Letter, from Robert Hooke to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Creator: Robert Hooke Reference number: EL/H3/64
Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, dated at London
Creator: Henry Oldenburg Reference number: EL/O2/51
Letter, from Hans Sloane to G[ottfried Wilhelm] Leibniz, dated at London
Creator: Hans Sloane Reference number: EL/S2/14
Letter, from John Wallis to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz
Creator: John Wallis Reference number: EL/W2/71