Otto von Guericke vs Pierre de Fermat
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Compare the life timelines of Otto von Guericke (1602–1686) and Pierre de Fermat (1607–1665) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 58 years, from 1607 to 1665.
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Otto von Guericke (1602–1686)
- — Born in Magdeburg Verified
- — Studied law, mathematics, and engineering at Leipzig, Jena, and Leiden Verified
- — Survived the Sack of Magdeburg Verified
- — Elected mayor of Magdeburg Verified
- — Invented the vacuum pump Verified
- — Performed the Magdeburg hemispheres demonstration Verified
- — Built an early electrostatic generator Verified
- — Published Experimenta Nova Magdeburgica Verified
- — Retired to Hamburg Verified
- — Died in Hamburg Verified
Pierre de Fermat (1607–1665)
- — Born in Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France Verified
- — Received a bachelor's degree in civil law from the University of Orleans Verified
- — Purchased the office of councillor at the Parlement of Toulouse Verified
- — Married Louise de Long Verified
- — Developed methods of maxima, minima, and tangents anticipating calculus Verified
- — Wrote the marginal note stating Fermat's Last Theorem Verified
- — Co-founded probability theory in correspondence with Blaise Pascal Verified
- — Formulated the principle of least time in optics Verified
- — Died in Castres, France Verified