Person Leibknecht; Johann Georg (? 1679 - 1749) Leibknecht Johann Georg Leibneicht Liebknecht Leibnecht ? 1679 - 1749 German Male Wasungen, Germany 23 April 1678 or 1679 Giesse, Germany 17 September 1749

Clergyman, Lutheran 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) Son of Michael Liebknecht, schoolmaster, of Wasungen, and his wife, Margarethe Turckin. Married: 1) Catharine Elisabeth, daughter of Nikolaus Caspar Elwerten, Physician, of Bensheim; 2) Regina Sophie, daughter of Johann Just Hoffmann, Physician, of Isenburg Fellow 05/12/1728 Edmond Halley Sir Hans Sloane John Gaspar Scheuchzer Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DBI; Jocher (1750) Authority: First Altname from Council Minutes; Liebknecht from DBI and Jocher; last from Journal Book. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 23 Apr 1678 or 1679 - 17 Sept 1749 NA7964 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 968d410f-2449-4756-91c0-a17f0aa8caf8