21 June] – 14 November 1716); German polymath, philosopher logician, mathematician.
[1] Developed differential and integral calculus at about the same time and independently of Isaac Newton.
Leibniz earned his keep as a lawyer, diplomat, librarian, and genealogist for the House of Hanover, and contributed to diverse areas.
His impact continues to reverberate, especially his original contributions in logic and binary representations.
[2] Maria Rosa Antognazza's 2009 Leibniz biography is a major recent resource.