Ehrenfried von Tschirnhaus | |
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![]() Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. | |
Born | 10 April 1651 |
Died | 11 October 1708 | (aged 57)
Nationality | German |
Scientific career | |
Academic advisors | Arnold Geulincx Franciscus Sylvius |
Notable students | Christian Wolff |
Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus or Tschirnhauß (German: [ˈeːʁənfʁiːt ˈvaltɐ fɔn ˈtʃɪʁnhaʊs]; 10 April 1651 – 11 October 1708) was a German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher. He introduced the Tschirnhaus transformation and is considered by some to have been the inventor of European porcelain,[1][2] an invention long accredited to Johann Friedrich Böttger but others claim porcelain had been made by English manufacturers at an even earlier date.[3]