Otto Mencke | |
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Born | |
Died | 18 January 1707 | (aged 62)
Nationality | German |
Education | University of Leipzig (B.A., 1662; M.A. 1664; Ph.D., Aug. 1666) |
Known for | Founding the Acta Eruditorum journal |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Philosopher and mathematician |
Institutions | University of Leipzig |
Thesis | Ex Theologia naturali – De Absoluta Dei Simplicitate, Micropolitiam, id est Rempublicam In Microcosmo Conspicuam (Aug. 1666) |
Doctoral advisor | Jakob Thomasius |
Doctoral students | J. C. Wichmannshausen Christian Michelmann |
Notes | |
He is the father of Johann Burchard Mencke. |
Otto Mencke (English: /ˈmɛŋkə/; German: [ˈmɛŋkə]; 22 March 1644 – 18 January 1707) was a 17th-century German philosopher and scientist.