Mathematicians of the Enlightenment

The atlas holds 7 people and 166 moments here, from 1687 to 1810. The most recorded lives are George Washington, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Thomas Jefferson.

Notable people

  1. George Washington

    from 1732 to 1799

    44 moments here

    George Washington was a Virginia surveyor, planter, military commander, revolutionary leader, constitutional statesman, and the first president of…

  2. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    from 1687 to 1716

    35 moments here

    German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…

  3. Thomas Jefferson

    from 1743 to 1801

    27 moments here

    Thomas Jefferson was an American lawyer, Virginia political leader, diplomat, secretary of state, vice president, and third president of the United…

  4. Leonhard Euler

    from 1707 to 1783

    18 moments here

    Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, engineer, and polymath. Euler’s documented life moved from Basel and nearby Riehen to Saint Petersburg,…

  5. Carl Friedrich Gauss

    from 1777 to 1810

    17 moments here

    German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist. Gauss was born in Brunswick, studied there and at Göttingen, worked privately in…

  6. Immanuel Kant

    from 1724 to 1804

    15 moments here

    German Enlightenment philosopher whose critical philosophy transformed epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, and political thought.…

  7. Isaac Newton

    from 1687 to 1727

    10 moments here

    English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, alchemist, author, and public official.…

Moments

  1. 1687 Faces the Ecclesiastical Commission Isaac Newton
  2. 1687 Stay at Rheinfels Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  3. 1688 Hosted at Sulzbach Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  4. 1688 Arrival in Munich Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  5. 1688 Meeting at Graupen Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  6. 1688 Two weeks in Regensburg Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  7. 1688 Archival discovery in Augsburg Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  8. 1688 First extended Vienna stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  9. 1689 First Venice stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  10. 1689 Arrival in Rome Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  11. 1689 Second Rome stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  12. 1689 Visit to Naples Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  13. 1689 Attends Hampton Court meeting Isaac Newton
  14. 1689 Florence visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  15. 1689 Bologna stop Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  16. 1689 Departure from Florence Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  17. 1690 Este archives at Modena Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  18. 1690 Este tombs at Vangadizza Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  19. 1690 Second Venice stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  20. 1690 Return visit to Vienna Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  21. 1690 Returns to Hanover from Italy Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  22. 1691 Wolfenbüttel library directorship Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  23. 1696 Begins work at the Royal Mint Isaac Newton
  24. 1697 Lives on Jermyn Street Isaac Newton
  25. 1698 Extended periods in Berlin Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  26. 1700 Vienna church-union talks Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  27. 1702 Residence at Lützenburg and Berlin Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  28. 1704 Dresden scientific-society mission Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  29. 1704 Arrival at Lützenburg Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  30. 1706 Berlin residence Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  31. 1707 Childhood in Riehen Leonhard Euler
  32. 1707 Baptism at St. Martin's Church Leonhard Euler
  33. 1707 Birth in Basel Leonhard Euler
  34. 1708 Vienna visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  35. 1709 Short return to Leipzig Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  36. 1709 Relocates to Chelsea Isaac Newton
  37. 1710 Settles in St Martin's Street Isaac Newton
  38. 1711 Final Berlin sojourn Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  39. 1711 Audience with Peter the Great at Torgau Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  40. 1712 Audience with Peter the Great at Carlsbad Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  41. 1712 Final extended Vienna residence Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  42. 1714 Testifies on the longitude problem Isaac Newton
  43. 1714 Returns to Hanover Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  44. 1715 Latin-school pupil in Basel Leonhard Euler
  45. 1716 Meetings with Peter the Great at Bad Pyrmont Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  46. 1716 Death in Hanover Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  47. 1720 Enrollment at the University of Basel Leonhard Euler
  48. 1724 Born in Königsberg Immanuel Kant
  49. 1725 Moves to Kensington for his health Isaac Newton
  50. 1726 Recounts the falling-apple insight Isaac Newton

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