Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz vs Isaac Newton
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Compare the life timelines of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) and Isaac Newton (1643–1727) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 70 years, from 1646 to 1716.
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716)
- — Born in Leipzig, Saxony Verified
- — Demonstrated his stepped reckoner calculating machine in London
- — Elected a fellow of the Royal Society
- — Published Nova Methodus, the first paper on differential calculus Verified
- — Died in Hanover Verified
Isaac Newton (1643–1727)
- — Born in Woolsthorpe, England Verified
- — Appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge
- — Published Principia Mathematica Verified
- — Became Warden, then Master, of the Royal Mint
- — Elected President of the Royal Society
- — Died in Kensington, London Verified