Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz vs Mei Wending
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Compare the life timelines of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) and Mei Wending (1633–1721) 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
Mei Wending (1633–1721)
- — Born in Xuancheng, Anhui Province Verified
- — Studied astronomy and calendrical science in his youth
- — Wrote his first treatise on calendrical astronomy
- — Consulted on the official Ming History calendrical treatises Verified
- — Published Lixue yiwen (Queries on Mathematical Astronomy)
- — Received in audience by the Kangxi Emperor Verified
- — Grandson Mei Juecheng appointed to the imperial mathematical bureau Verified
- — Died in Xuancheng Verified