Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) was a Electorate of Saxony mathematician, jurist and physicist.

Also recorded as Gottfried Wilhelm; Leibniz; Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz; Freiherr Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz; Gottfried Leibniz; Leibnitz.

Overview

The authority record associates the name with rationalism. Places of work recorded in the authority include Leipzig, Hanover and Altdorf bei Nürnberg. Works named in the authority record include Discourse on Metaphysics, Théodicée, integral calculus and Stepped Reckoner. Catalogue entries for printed books state edition, collation, binding and condition. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently.

In detail

German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)

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“Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q9047: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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