Johann Georg Leibknecht ( ? 1679 - 1749 )

Birth: Wasungen, Germany (23 April 1678 or 1679) Death: Giesse, Germany (17 September 1749) Profession: Clergyman, Lutheran Research Field: Mathematics Education: Gymnasium at Schleusingen; Jena; MA (1702); BD (1717), DD (1719) Career: Set out to travel to Holland but was prevented by ill health; Teacher of Mathematics, Halle (1706); invited to become tutor to the Princes of Coburg-Saalfeld, but instead accepted post of Professor of Mathematics, Giessen (1707-1737); Professor of Theology, Giessen (1721-death); Superintendent of Marburg, Darmstadt Section, and Member of the Consistory Court, Giessen (1729) Memberships: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (1715); Berlin Academy (1716) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 5/12/1728 Proposers: Edmond Halley; Sir Hans Sloane; John Gaspar Scheuchzer.