Euler, Leonhard Euler, Leonhard(lāˈônhärt oiˈlər), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician. Born and educated at Basel, where he knew the Bernoullis, he went to St. Petersburg (1727) at the invitation of Catherine I, becoming professor of mathematics there on the departure of Daniel ...
Leonhard Euler, born on April 15, 1707, in Basel, Switzerland, was one of the most influential mathematicians and physicists in history. He was the first of six children born to Paul Euler, a pastor, and Marguerite Brucker, the daughter of a pastor. Euler's early education was conducted a...
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As soon as he graduated he tried to enter as a professor at the University of Basel but was rejected. Subsequently, Daniel was invited to work at the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, as a professor of mathematics. In this place, he met the great mathematician Leonhard Euler and then be...
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