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Euler was born in Basel, Switzerland
Mother: Marguerite Brucker Father: Paul Euler -
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Leonhard Euler
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University of Basel
at the age of 13 -
Master of Philosophy
dissertation compared Descartes and Newton -
De Sono
dissertation on the propogation of sound -
Imperial russian Academy of sciences
promoted from his junior post to a position in the mathematics department. -
Paris Academy Prize Problem Competition
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Professor of Physics
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married Katharina Gsell
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becam nearly blind in right eye
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Berlin Academy
left St. Petersburg due to continuing turmoil in Russia -
Introductio in analysin infintorum
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Institutiones calculi differentialis
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Royal sweedish Academy of Sciences
elected a foreign member -
differential calculus
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suffered cataract in left eye
almost completely blind in both eyes -
returned to St. Petersburg Academy
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lost his home in a fire
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Katharina died
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married Salome Abigail
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suffered a brain hemorrhage and died
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marble bust was placed at the Russian Academy of sciences
