Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus
Mathematician, Inventor
1651 – 1708
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Who was Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus?
Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus was a German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher. He is considered by some to have been the inventor of European porcelain, an invention long accredited to Johann Friedrich Böttger but others claim porcelain had been made by English manufacturers at an even earlier date.
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- Born
- Apr 10, 1651
Sławnikowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship - Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Leiden University
- Lived in
- Saxony
- Died
- Oct 11, 1708
Dresden
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on July 23, 2013
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